Australian oil and gas company Beetaloo Energy and US energy services provider Halliburton have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a gas power plant and data center in Australia’s Northern Territory.

As part of the agreement, Halliburton will provide ​technical expertise to assess and develop ⁠gas resources for Beetaloo Digital, a report from Reuters said.

Beetaloo Digital was launched earlier this month and is expected to be the primary developer of a dedicated natural gas power solution for a proposed data center located on a 185-hectare site at Weddell, ​close to Darwin.

Halliburton is expected to provide expertise in field development, drilling, ‌project ⁠execution and scalable gas-fired power generation. The Weddell project is expected to be based on gas resources in the Beetaloo Basin. The development of the project is predicated on the success of concept studies, partner agreements, ​financing, and regulatory approvals.

According to Beetaloo CEO Alex Underwood, the deal is part of a broader strategy to bring together a coalition of specialist partners across gas supply, power generation, ​pipelines, and data center development.

Earlier reports suggest up to 2GW of on-site gas-powered power generation is planned on the site, with the potential for AU$40 billion (US$28bn) to be invested. At least four large-scale data center buildings are planned, according to renderings. The site is near the government’s proposed Darwin Energy Hub. The hub aims to host up to 210MW of solar capacity and battery storage on 940 acres.

Beetalo Energy is an ASX-listed upstream gas company focused on gas resources in the Beetaloo Basin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The firm owns millions of acres in the Northern Territory and is targeting commercial gas production this year.

Halliburton has signed several deals in the data center space over recent years. Most notably, it partnered with modular power solutions provider VoltaGrid to develop and deploy distributed power generation systems for the global data center sector.