Chrevron will be backing Microsoft’s West Texas data center, named Project Kilby, for a period of 20 years with natural gas. Project Kilby is expected to consume almost 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, or the amount of electricity used to power ~2 million homes (more).

Buc-ee’s opened its first Arizona location on June 22, in Goodyear. Fans of the travel center camped out overnight outside in anticipation of the store opening, with doors opening at 6 a.m. (more).

Alan Greenspan, known for his five terms of service as chairman of the Federal Reserve, has died at the age of 100. “He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes,” his wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell, said (more).

Only a mere 4% of U.S. consumers polled admitted they had never used AI-based product search at all, and a majority (54%) indicated that AI search was more productive than traditional search, according to recent survey data (more).

Kroger shares fell 7% on June 18, and a further 8% on June 19, after a middling quarterly report card and cautions about the back end of 2026 persisted. “Customers are being more deliberate with their spending and at times, shopping us selectively. We’re getting ​too many promotional trips and not enough of the full basket,” CEO Greg Foran said (more).