This week's announcement by President Donald Trump of a massive private-sector investment to build more AI data centers casts a spotlight on a relatively small and nimble class of cloud computing firms positioned to play a bigger role in the tech sector.

Oil company Chevron is partnering with Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova to create natural gas power plants in the United States that will be linked to data centers in order to support increased demand for electricity at these centers,

Chevron announced Tuesday it would help deliver a fleet of gas plants to power data centers, joining a trend of fossil fuel companies seeking a market in the country’s artificial intelligence boom.

Oil and gas producer Chevron said on Tuesday it plans to build natural gas-based power plants next to data centers in the U.S., as energy demand to support the growth of artificial intelligence is expected to boom.

Chevron and GE Vernova will build enormous natural-gas power plants for artificial-intelligence data centers around the country that are big enough to power entire cities, the companies announced on Tuesday.

Key Takeaways Chevron and GE Vernova have partnered to build natural-gas power stations for U.S. data centers.The joint venture, which also includes investment firm Engine No. 1, plans to deliver up to 4 gigawatts of power,