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AI's hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom

As US tech companies race to build the data centers fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants -- off the grid and running on gas -- to get online faster. After years of decline, new announced fossil fuel capacity for the grid hit a…

The Economic Times

Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers

Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers

Previously filed permits for the plant show it would have 35 turbines and generate 7.65 gigawatts -- larger than any gas plant currently operating in the United States. A bigger facility, at 9.2 gigawatts, is planned in Ohio under a public-private partnership involving SoftBank. That plant would connect to the…

The Economic Times

200 US utility firms join Trump electricity pledge as data center electricity use expected to quadruple by 2035 — but does the President's pledge have the teeth to regulate electricity pricing?

200 US utility firms join Trump electricity pledge as data center electricity use expected to quadruple by 2035 — but does the President's pledge have the teeth to regulate electricity pricing?

The huge rise in consumer electricity pricing across the US has largely been fueled by data center construction and grid updgrades to connect them.

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Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries

Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up thousands of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.

The Texas Tribune

Trump-branded AI data center megaproject stalls, CEO departs

Fermi America is emerging as a high-profile test of ambitious AI data center projects.

AI boom drives clash between grid power vs. energy "islands"

Data centers could plug into the grid, or they can operate on their own.

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco

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Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids — off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago

Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids — off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago

Data centers using natural gas plants to sidestep power grids at the cost of carbon emissions

Tom’s Hardware

Big Tech is building its own ‘power grid’ to help fuel data centers desperately needed for AI

Big Tech is building its own ‘power grid’ to help fuel data centers desperately needed for AI

‘It is catastrophic for climate goals,’ Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, an energy industry research group

The Independent UK

Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump

Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump

Surge in solar, wind and battery capacity comes as president pledges to halt federal support for clean power

The Guardian - US

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