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- Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (AESI) shares surged after announcing power equipment deals with a leading AI lab for data center projects. The agreements include cost reimbursement and equipment purchase contracts to secure long-lead-time supporting and incremental power generation equipment. These deals, totaling significant megawatts of purchase commitments for Caterpillar equipment, aim to de-risk supply chains and project timelines as AI compute capacity demands grow.
Investing.com -- Atlas Energy Solutions Inc (NYSE: AESI) shares jumped 13% in premarket trading Friday after the company signed power equipment deals with a leading frontier AI lab for data center projects.
Atlas Energy Solutions announced that two wholly owned subsidiaries executed separate cost reimbursement agreements with the AI lab alongside equipment purchase agreements to secure long-lead-time supporting equipment and incremental power generation equipment for specific data center projects.
The second cost reimbursement agreement supports an incremental 283 megawatts of purchase commitments for Caterpillar power generation equipment to facilitate the initial power ramp of a separate data center project. These generating capacity purchases are in addition to Atlas's obligations under the GFA with Caterpillar.
Atlas also executed a purchase agreement for 328 megawatts of generating capacity, consistent with its obligations under the GFA for 2027 deliveries.
"As the need for power infrastructure continues to grow rapidly, de-risking the supply chain and the project timelines is of paramount importance to Atlas as we work with our customers to achieve their goals of ramping compute capacity," said John Turner, President and CEO. "This customer's willingness to enter into cost reimbursement agreements is a clear sign of commitment to these projects as we work together toward the execution of long-term power purchase agreements."
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