Former BP CEO Bernard Looney left his role at the oil and gas company last September and has linked up with the data center developer Prometheus Hyperscale, which is planning to develop a sustainable 1GW hyperscale data center campus in Wyoming.
Writing on LinkedIn, Looney said he had been attracted to the project by the twin energy challenges facing data centers in the AI era - growing power demand and the increasing emissions generated by more powerful servers. “The opportunity to address these challenges is why I’ve joined Prometheus Hyperscale as chairman,” he said. “I can’t think of a more exciting challenge. How do we deliver net positive AI. How do we unleash AI to propel the world forward.”
Looney had worked at BP for his entire career, starting out as a drilling engineer and ascending to the role of CEO, which he took up in February 2020. He left the firm under a cloud in September 2023, resigning after it was revealed he had not disclosed to the company’s board details of his past relationships with colleagues.
