沙特阿拉伯的ACWA Power公司与总部位于华盛顿特区的投资公司EIG将投入40亿美元，共同成立Plenum Power，投资美国电力项目，旨在利用数据中心和电气化带来的需求增长。此举标志着ACWA首次拓展美国业务，此前该公司已在中东、非洲和亚洲的16个国家建设项目。双方合作旨在将EIG的投资经验与沙特公司的开发专长相结合，建设新电厂并收购现有电厂。EIG将持有Plenum Power 51%股份，ACWA持有其余股份。
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Washington DC-based investment firm EIG will commit $4 billion to launch Plenum Power to invest in US power projects, aiming to capitalize on demand from data centers and electrification. The move marks ACWA’s first expansion into the US, having already built projects across 16 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The partnership aims to combine EIG’s investment experience with the Saudi company’s development knowledge, to build new power plants and acquire existing ones. EIG will own 51% of Plenum Power and ACWA the remainder.
ACWA由几个著名沙特家族于2002年创立，最初专注于建设国内电力和水务项目，现由沙特主权财富基金部分持股。该公司进军美国市场，是沙特企业开展国际扩张的罕见案例。
ACWA, which was launched by a group of prominent Saudi families in 2002 to build domestic power and water plants, is now part-owned by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund. The firm’s move into the US is a rare example of a Saudi firm embarking on an international growth drive.