Data Center Power & Behind-the-Meter Generation
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Generation and storage sited at or next to AI/cloud campuses so the load does not wait on a transmission queue. Common stacks pair gas turbines or engines with on-site BESS; some designs add behind-the-meter solar. Hyperscalers and developers announced multi-hundred-megawatt gas+BESS campuses in 2025–2026 to serve rack-scale AI halls.
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Data Center Power & Behind-the-Meter Generation
Constellation–Microsoft 20-year PPA to restart TMI Unit 1 (Crane CCEC)
20-year PPA with Microsoft; TMI Unit 1 restart as Crane Clean Energy Center; expected online 2028 /Constellation Energy/.