Microsoft and Chevron Sign 20-Year Power Deal For Texas Data Center

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-Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg News Big Oil Reporter, discusses Chevron Corp. signing a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data center. The proposed plant, Project Kilby, is expected to start producing power by 2028 and will ramp up to 2.67 gigawatts over time, enough to power more than 530,000 Texas homes.

-Sam Fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence, Director of Research for Global Industries and Senior Pharmaceuticals Analyst, discusses AbbVie agreeing to buy Apogee Therapeutics for $10.9 billion to bolster its anti-inflammatory drug portfolio. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter and reflects a roughly 49% premium to Apogee’s closing price of $90.38 on Thursday.

-Spencer Liberman, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst, Industrials and Materials, discusses CRH agreeing to acquire US construction services company Arcosa for $8.5 billion in what is a record deal for the Irish building materials provider.

-Dennis Lockhart, Former Atlanta Fed President, discusses the life of Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, has died at the age of 100 due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. Greenspan served as Fed chief for 18 years, from 1987 to 2006, and was known for guiding a record US economic expansion, but his legacy was later dimmed by the financial crisis that erupted after he stepped down.

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