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NRG Completes $2.35B Stock Offering, Adds Growth Chief → Goldman Reinstates Buy, Stock at $155

NRG Energy completed a $2.35 billion equity offering to fund its data center power purchase agreement pipeline, appointed a new Chief Growth Officer to lead the initiative, and received a Buy reinstatement from Goldman Sachs as the stock trades around $155. The independent power producer is positioning itself as a critical electricity supplier to AI data centers through long-term contracted agreements. Risks include execution risk in the large equity offering dilution, power price volatility if natural gas costs rise, and regulatory uncertainty around merchant electricity market rules.