Lotus Buys 365 MW Gas Fired Caithness Long Island Energy Center

Lotus Infrastructure Partners has agreed to purchase the 365 MW natural gas-fired Caithness Long Island Energy Center from Caithness Energy.

Located in Suffolk County, the plant is considered one of the most efficient combined cycle facilities in New York’s NYISO power grid and produces approximately 26% of the net generation for Long Island.

This agreement comes at a needed time, as data centers and other large load industries are seeing an uptick in the region (and across the country). The Caithness Energy Center is a source of reliable and dispatchable power, necessary for uninterrupted data center operations.

Data centers could drive up to 9% of U.S. power demand by 2030, requiring both smarter grid investments and increased capacity.