Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas with natural gas

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Chevron will fuel a massive Microsoft data center in West Texas with natural gas under a 20-year agreement, the oil major announced Monday. The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large gas turbines from Chevron's partner GE Vernova . Caterpillar will also provide turbines. The power infrastructure will be located at the data center site. Project Kilby has not started construction in Reeves County. Chevron expects to make a final investment decision on the project this year. The data center would start receiving power in 2028. Microsoft has invested primarily in renewable energy and increasingly nuclear power to offset carbon-dioxide emissions from its data centers in an effort to address climate change. The tech giant's embrace of natural gas shows it is also willing to invest in a fossil fuel to meet the growing power demand from its data centers. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.