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Alphabet to Acquire Intersect for $4.75 Billion to Accelerate AI Power and Data Centers

The purchase gives Google a developer of co-located power projects designed to match fast-growing AI data center loads.

Overview

  • Alphabet will pay $4.75 billion in cash and assume Intersect’s debt, expanding access to controllable power for new data centers.
  • The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
  • Intersect will remain a separate operating unit, with existing operating assets in Texas and operating and in-development assets in California excluded from the deal and continuing under current investors.
  • Intersect brings roughly $15 billion in energy assets in operation or under construction and projects totaling about 10.8 gigawatts expected online or in development by 2028.
  • Google plans to integrate Intersect’s co-located energy and data center developments, including a site in Haskell County, Texas, and CEO Sheldon Kimber will stay on to lead the unit.