Texas Hybrid Power Plant Fuels Crusoe's $400M AI Data Center

Blue Energy Global has submitted its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a hybrid gas-to-nuclear facility at the Port of Victoria, Texas. The project aims to feed electricity to a Crusoe data center campus designed specifically for AI workloads.

The total projected capacity sits at up to 2.5 GW, with Blue Energy's 'gas bridge' strategy allowing it to start generating power from two GE Vernova 7HA.02 gas turbines first. These turbines would deliver approximately 1 GW of capacity by around 2028, while the remaining 1.5 GW would come from up to five GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 small modular reactors, targeted for operational readiness by 2032.

Blue Energy has raised over $400 million since its founding in 2023 and secured partnerships with GE Vernova entities for both the gas turbine and nuclear reactor components. The hybrid model adds a new wrinkle to the trend of tech companies securing dedicated power supplies for data centers, hedging against nuclear's chronic construction delays.