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Talen Energy wants to be a leading provider of energy to data centres. And they’re buying new natural gas plants in America to do it.
What’s happening:
- Talen Energy (NASDAQ: TLN) is acquiring two large scale natural gas plants located in Ohio and Pennsylvania in a new deal worth $3.5B USD
Why it matters:
- The two new natural gas plants are amongst some of the most efficient natural gas facilities in the United States and will give Talen Energy an additional 3 gigawatts of total energy capacity
Going deeper:
- Talen Energy has publicly stated that the new acquisitions are part of their plans to be on the leading edge of providing electricity to new large scale data centres for artificial intelligence workloads and high performance computing
- Talen Energy has been on an acquisition spree lately, including previously purchasing TeraWulf’s (NASDAQ: WULF) minority equity interest in their nuclear energy powered Bitcoin mining facility located in Pennsylvania
Market reaction:
- Shares of Talen Energy surged more than +24% following the announcement of the new acquisitions
