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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.
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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
First public
Energy side
Compute side
Deal
Capacity
Status
Source
2026-10-14
American Electric Power (with Bloom Energy fuel cells)NASDAQ: AEP
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL
PPAEnergy supply · gas · 20 yrNear Cheyenne, Wyoming, US
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
Evidence
Counts?
Signed contract, operating asset, recognised revenue
Yes
Binding obligation with routine conditions still open (permits, site selection)
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.
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.