Energy Transfer to Supply Natural Gas to AI Data Center in Texas

Pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP will provide natural gas directly to CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc. as companies prepare for an expected boom in power demand from artificial intelligence.

Energy Transfer’s Oasis Pipeline, LP, will provide as much as 450,000 million British thermal units per day of natural gas to supply CloudBurst’s data center campus outside of San Marcos, Texas, Energy Transfer said Monday in a statement. The pipeline will send power directly to the data center, bypassing existing transmission grids.

Gas plant operators, producers and pipeline companies are vying for opportunities to fuel an AI-focused deluge of energy demand. ...