Embattled former BP CEO takes over Wyoming hyperscaler as first woman leader of Big Oil giant becomes new BP chief

Former BP CEO To Lead Prometheus Hyperscale’s $30B Wyoming Data Center Buildout

Former BP chief Bernard Looney has been named CEO of Wyoming startup Prometheus Hyperscale, which plans two AI data centers totaling $30 billion. Looney says Wyoming’s energy edge makes it the right place for the buildout.

Embattled former BP CEO takes over Wyoming hyperscaler as first woman leader of Big Oil giant becomes new BP chief

Bernard Looney, whose tenure as CEO of BP ended with him embattled in controversy, is entering the AI age as the new CEO of Wyoming-based Prometheus Hyperscale, leading a bevy of data center campus developments in the Cowboy State as well as the Lone Star state of Texas. Looney, who pushed BP toward renewables in the energy transition, resigned suddenly from that company’s CEO post in 2023 amid a probe by the company into undisclosed personal re…