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PJM monitor urges FERC to condition MARA power plant buy for data center complex

FERC should only approve the $1.5 billion deal if Mara agrees to keep the Long Ridge power plant in the PJM Interconnection, Monitoring Analytics said.

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FERC should only approve the $1.5 billion deal if Mara agrees to keep the Long Ridge power plant in the PJM Interconnection, Monitoring Analytics said. Data center developers appear increasingly interested in getting into the power plant business. Mara announced its deal about a month before DigitalBridge Group, which owns data centers and other digital infrastructure, said it planned to buy ArcLight Capital Partners , a private independent power producer.

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