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Developer behind ‘Project Juno’ presents clean-energy and data-center plan; council and unions praise jobs and community benefits
Summary
Diligent Offshore Services, a Black-owned energy and data center developer, presented a hybrid wind/solar/data center plan to the council and community; council members and labor representatives praised the economic and workforce potential. Company representatives said a lease agreement with the city has been reached after extended negotiations.
Diligent Offshore Services presented its planned hybrid renewable-energy and data-center project to the Port Arthur City Council and community on June 17, thanking elected officials for completing a lease agreement after months of negotiation.
Founder Harris C. (Harry) Crawford III described the proposal as a vertically integrated, Black-owned energy and technology initiative that combines coastal wind, utility-scale solar, battery storage and a hurricane-resistant, liquid-cooled data center. “We are not following a certain blueprint. We are the blueprint,” Crawford said as he introduced the initiative, which he said includes a 225-megawatt coastal wind component anchored by a large solar array,…
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