Research · Energy → Compute

Who is actually powering compute

AI and bitcoin mining are now buying power at utility scale. Not every headline is a contract. We track the deals behind the theme, check each one against its source, and separate binding commitments from letters of intent and frameworks.

47
deals tracked
36
signed or in service
44
listed companies involved
53
listed companies screened

The market at a glance

Counts of deals, not megawatts: the deals state capacity in different units, so adding them up would mislead.

Deals made public per quarter

By the date a deal first appeared in a source. The latest quarter is to date.

Q2
2025
Q3
2025
Q4
2025
Q1
2026
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2026
Q3
2026
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2026
Signed or in service Announced, non-binding or sold

Who is buying

Direct counterparty. Fluidstack deals carry a Google backstop.

  • Google10
  • Meta7
  • Amazon / AWS4
  • Fluidstack4
  • Brookfield3
  • CoreWeave3
  • Microsoft2
  • Oracle2
  • Others8
  • Undisclosed4

What powers it

Energy source named in the deal; “unknown” where the source doesn’t say.

  • Gas13
  • Nuclear9
  • Renewables5
  • Mixed1
  • Hydro1
  • Unknown18

Energy-to-Compute deal tracker

Large North American and global deals where power, fuel or power equipment goes to compute, each checked against its primary source. Capacity is shown in the unit the deal states. MW of generation, IT load and equipment are different things, so we never add them up.

Segment
Status
47 of 47 deals
  • 2026-10-14
    Signedasset: development

    American Electric Power (with Bloom Energy fuel cells)NASDAQ: AEP

    GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL

    702 MW generation

    PPA · Energy supply · gas · 20 yr

    Near Cheyenne, Wyoming, US

    press release

  • 2026-10-13
    Signed

    EnerflexNYSE: EFXT / TSX: EFX

    Undisclosed large-scale North American data center development

    at least 1,000 MW equipment

    equipment supply · Power infrastructure · gas

    North America

    filing

  • 2026-10-06
    Signedasset: development

    Constellation EnergyNASDAQ: CEG

    GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL

    890 MW generation

    PPA · Energy supply · nuclear · 20 yr

    11 Constellation nuclear units in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey (PJM), US

    press release

  • 2026-10-06
    Signedasset: development

    Black Hills Corp.NYSE: BKH

    Google (data center facilities built by Jupiter Star Holdings, a Google subsidiary, per Cowboy State Daily)NASDAQ: GOOGL

    framework cap 590 MW generation (564 firm)

    other · Energy supply · gas · 22 yr

    Cheyenne, Wyoming, US

    filing

  • 2026-10-06
    Signedasset: operational

    Constellation EnergyNASDAQ: CEG

    GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL

    2,700 MW generation

    other · Energy supply · unknown · 15 yr

    Constellation fleet in PJM, US

    press release

  • 2026-10-01
    Signed

    EnerflexNYSE: EFXT / TSX: EFX

    Undisclosed North American data center developer

    450 MW equipment

    equipment supply · Power infrastructure · gas

    North America

    filing

  • 2026-09-30
    Signedasset: operational

    Constellation EnergyNASDAQ: CEG

    AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN

    690 MW generation

    PPA · Energy supply · nuclear · 20 yr

    Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Lusby, Maryland, US

    press release

  • 2026-09-25
    Signedasset: construction

    Cipher Mining (now Cipher Digital)NASDAQ: CIFR

    Unnamed "leading AI lab"

    Not disclosed

    hosting conversion · Compute on owned power · unknown · 10 yr

    Barber Lake, Colorado City, Texas, US

    filing

  • 2026-09-21
    Signedasset: operational

    Vistra (Luminant ET Services)NYSE: VST

    New Era Energy & Digital (TCDC PowerCo)NASDAQ: NUAI

    up to 207 MW generation (200 firm)

    PPA · Energy supply · gas · 20 yr

    Odessa, Texas, US (Texas Critical Data Center, adjacent to Vistra's 1,180 MW Odessa gas plant)

    filing

  • 2026-09-01
    Signedasset: development

    Fervo EnergyNASDAQ: FRVO

    GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL

    up to 996 MW generation (396 firm)

    PPA · Energy supply · renewables

    Cape Station, Utah, US

    filing

  • 2026-08-04
    Announced / non-bindingasset: development

    NRG EnergyNYSE: NRG

    Undisclosed global cloud and AI hyperscaler

    1,200 MW generation

    JV/development · Energy supply · gas

    Texas, US

    filing

  • 2026-07-06
    Signedasset: development

    TeraWulfNASDAQ: WULF

    Anthropicprivate

    401 MW IT load

    hosting conversion · Compute on owned power · unknown · 20 yr

    Justified Data Campus, Hawesville, Kentucky, US

    filing

The value chain, in three segments

Each company sits in one segment, by business model, and is tested on whether energy for compute is material to that business, not whether it is mentioned in a press release.

Energy supply

Producers, utilities, independent power producers, nuclear and renewables, midstream, and owner-operators of power plants built for data centers.

Materiality test
E2C power as a share of owned capacity, or E2C revenue as a share of revenue: at least 5%.

Power infrastructure

Manufacturers and EPC firms delivering turbines, engines, fuel cells, boilers and on-site power systems to data centers. Backup generation is tracked separately.

Materiality test
Data-center revenue or backlog as a share of the total: at least 10%.

Compute on owned power

AI/HPC and bitcoin-mining operators whose capacity runs on power they generate, take behind the meter, or hold under a site-specific supply contract.

Materiality test
Capacity with dedicated power as a share of total capacity: at least 50%.

How we judge the evidence

EvidenceCounts?
Signed contract, operating asset, recognised revenueYes
Binding obligation with routine conditions still open (permits, site selection)Yes, flagged conditional
LOI, MOU, non-binding framework, option, “up to” cap, management targetNo: watchlist only
  • Dedicated power means site-specific capacity a company generates itself, takes behind the meter, or holds under an executed interconnection or supply agreement. Studies, approvals and owning a substation are not enough.
  • Same basis or a lower bound. A ratio compares like with like: same unit, scope and date. Where a company reports on mixed bases, it has to pass on the most conservative combination.
  • Missing data is missing. We don't estimate. A company without the disclosures to test is recorded as insufficient evidence, not as a pass or a fail.
  • Point in time. Every figure keeps its public date and source, so any past state can be rebuilt.

We are building a rules-based Energy-to-Compute index on this evidence base. Constituents and index levels are not published yet.

Where you fit

Scope, sources and corrections

  • Deals first made public from May 2025 onwards (plus one from April 2025), checked against company filings, releases and news reports, October 2026. Only deals whose source shows a data-center or compute buyer or use are listed.
  • “First public” is the earliest date the deal appeared in a source we opened. Status reflects the latest update we found.
  • This is research, not investment advice, and not an offer of any financial product.
  • Spotted an error, or a deal we should add? Write to contact@permianchain.com.