Lombardo backs natural gas pipeline expansion for data centers

By: Dana Gentry

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 895

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Gov. Joe Lombardo is advocating the proposed expansion of a northern Nevada pipeline that would quadruple the flow of natural gas to the region to power data centers.

In a February letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Lombardo wrote the proposed project from a subsidiary of Southwest Gas “would add approximately 800 dekatherms of capacity to the 898-mile pipeline system” and will “support both existing customers and future economic development, including data centers.”

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