Bernard Looney, the former chief executive of BP, one of the world’s largest energy companies, said Sunday that he would become chairman of a data center start-up in the United States, a move that comes amid a ravenous appetite for electricity to power the boom in artificial intelligence.
The company, called Prometheus Hyperscale, plans to build a $10 billion data center on a 640-acre site in Evanston, Wyo., carved out of the family ranch of the company’s founder and chief executive, Trenton Thornock.
The hope is to attract companies like Amazon, Microsoft or Google with mushrooming needs for computer power, Mr. Looney said in an interview.
Prometheus plans to expand in the United States and internationally, he added.
I’ll be helping them with strategy.”Mr.Looney, 54, left BP last year after acknowledging that he failed to properly disclose personal relationships with colleagues.
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BP, Trenton, Microsoft
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United States, Evanston, Wyo, Trenton Thornock