AES

March 6, 2026

Google's $40 billion Texas investment through 2027, including the Wilbarger campus with AES clean power, takes a different approach: third-party generation rather than nuclear co-location.

March 2, 2026

Google announced a data center agreement with rural Wilbarger County, co-located with power generator AES and using air-cooling technology to eliminate operational water consumption.

February 28, 2026

Google is assembling nearly 2 gigawatts of dedicated datacenter power across Texas, Minnesota, and Nevada through custom utility tariffs and a landmark 20-year PPA with AES for a new Texas facility coming online in 2027.

February 27, 2026

Google's upcoming Wilbarger County, Texas facility committed to air-cooling technology that eliminates water consumption for cooling entirely, with co-located renewable generation built by AES.

February 25, 2026

Google and AES have locked a 20-year co-located power deal for a new data center campus in Wilbarger County, Texas, with AES owning all generation assets and providing powered land, interconnection, and energy management.

February 24, 2026

Google's new Wilbarger County deal with AES exemplifies this model: air-cooled, co-located with AES-developed generation, construction-ready with land and interconnection already under contract.