June 23, 2026
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The Deliverable Megawatt Wins: Microsoft Locks 20 Years of Pecos Gas
Alphabet paid $4.75 billion for Intersect to lock in generation, and Intersect's Sheldon Kimber called it plainly: the model has shifted to "bring your own generation."
June 7, 2026
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Permits Hit a 49-Year High as 70% Push Back. Texas Tightens Instead.
Google broke ground on the Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts Counties with Intersect, a co-located datacenter and power plant in the Panhandle.
June 6, 2026
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Meitner Is the Template. 430 GW of Applications Are About to Find Out.
Google and Intersect's Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts counties is the day's defining signal: over 1 GW of dedicated wind, solar, battery, and gas generation paired with a new data center using air-cooling to hold water use to domestic levels, plus an 800-acre, 3,500-worker Caprock Workforce Hub in Wheeler County and a $10 million Texas Water Impact Fund.
June 5, 2026
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Meitner Sets the Panhandle Playbook: Own the Generation, Fund the Watershed
Google and Intersect unveiled the Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas: a 1+ GW data center co-located with wind, solar, battery storage, and a minority gas firming share, paired with a $10 million Texas Water Impact Fund and air-cooled design tuned for the Ogallala.
February 26, 2026
Turbines Ease the Power Bottleneck. 91 Billion Gallons Say Water Is Next.Google acquired Intersect, now controlling roughly 10.8 GW of solar, storage, and gas capacity.