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Jacobs has been selected by Great British Energy - Nuclear to provide environmental services for the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire, supporting the potential development of new nuclear generation in the U.K. Jacobs will develop environmental baseline data across terrestrial and marine environments, along with environmental assessments, Habitats Regulations Assessment and associated activities to inform future potential planning, design and permitting decisions.

Jacobs (J) has appointed Cheryl Lim as chief human resources officer, effective May 18. Lim will be based in Dallas, Texas, and will report directly to Chair and CEO Bob Pragada. Lim joins Jacobs with a career spanning more than two decades as a senior HR executive at some of the world's leading global organizations. Most recently, she served as CHRO and Section 16 Officer at Vertiv Holdings (VRT).

Jacobs (J) has been awarded a sole-source engineering, procurement and construction management, or EPCM, contract by Hut 8 (HUT), an energy infrastructure platform, to deliver a second U.S. AI data center campus. The award represents a follow-on scope to Jacobs' EPCM role at Hut 8's River Bend campus in Louisiana. Beacon Point is Hut 8's second AI data center campus commercialized under its power-first greenfield development model. Located in Nueces County, Texas, the multi-phase campus is designed to support 1 GW of total capacity. Jacobs is advancing design, integrated procurement and construction management to support phased delivery, with initial energization and commissioning targeted for 2027.