SLB, Liberty Team Up on Behind-the-Meter Data Center Power
SLB and Liberty Energy are forming a strategic alliance to provide modular infrastructure and behind-the-meter power solutions for AI-driven data center projects, combining power generation, project execution and energy management technologies.
(P&GJ) — SLB and Liberty Energy have agreed to form a strategic alliance to develop modular infrastructure and behind-the-meter power solutions for data center projects, targeting growing electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
The companies said the collaboration will combine SLB's modular infrastructure and project execution capabilities with Liberty's modular power generation systems, intelligent power controls and operational expertise. The alliance is designed to help developers deploy data center capacity faster while reducing reliance on traditional grid connection timelines.
Demand for AI computing has accelerated the need for new data centers, increasing interest in behind-the-meter generation that can provide reliable, scalable power independent of existing grid infrastructure.
Gavin Rennick, president of SLB's New Energy and Industrial business, said power availability has become one of the industry's biggest challenges.
"The bottleneck in AI infrastructure is no longer just compute. It is the ability to deliver infrastructure and power on the timelines the market now demands."
"By bringing together complementary infrastructure and power capabilities, we will help developers accelerate deployment of new data center capacity."
Under the agreement, the companies also plan to jointly develop technologies focused on hybrid power systems, digital energy management and advanced power architectures for future data center projects.
Ron Gusek, Liberty Energy's chief executive officer, said customers increasingly require integrated energy solutions as AI infrastructure expands.
"The scale and complexity of AI energy infrastructure is fundamentally changing how power systems are built and deployed."
"We are excited to bring power solutions that address immediate capacity constraints while supporting the next generation of energy systems."
SLB said it has shipped more than 1.3 GW of prefabricated modular infrastructure for data centers since April 2024 and expects cumulative deliveries to exceed 2 GW by the end of 2026. Liberty plans to deploy approximately 3 GW of power projects by 2029.