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Looney resigned from the British energy giant in 2023

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U.S. company is focused on data center infrastructure

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Oil major BP's former CEO Bernard

Looney is set to chair Prometheus Hyperscale, the U.S.-based

data company said on Sunday.

Looney, who resigned in 2023 after four years in the British

energy giant's top job for failing to fully disclose details of

past personal relationships with colleagues, will provide

strategic guidance on the development of the data-driven

company's growth plans, Prometheus Hyperscale said in a

statement.

In his new role, Looney will also assist with tasks

including work on the company's flagship $10 billion data center

in Evanston, Wyoming, Prometheus Hyperscale said.

"I'm wishing BP well, and of course for me I'm thinking

about the next 32 years of my career, and I can't think of

anything more exciting, more challenging to do than get stuck

into this space," Looney was quoted as telling the Financial

Times in an interview published on Sunday.

In May, Prometheus Hyperscale, a company focused on data center

infrastructure, signed a partnership agreement with Oklo ( OKLO )

, a nuclear energy company backed by OpenAI CEO Sam

Altman.