EQT Corp., the No. 1 natural gas producer in the United States, isn’t resting on its laurels. The gas giant is continuing to eye a potential East Coast LNG project, but it’s venturing into the artificial intelligence (AI) market, to gain a slice of the data center power market.

Executive Vice President Rob Wingo, who oversees Corporate Ventures, sat down with NGI in Houston for a wide ranging discussion during CERAWeek by S&P Global. Wingo leads the Pittsburgh-based company’s efforts to identify and enter new businesses. He’s got a lot on his plate.

EQT already contracts to move gas to the Gulf Coast for LNG exports. And it continues, as it has for two years, to advance a potential liquefied natural gas facility on the East Coast or offshore on the coast as a floating...