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The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants: "These facilities could lock America into decades of continued fossil fuel dependence."

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The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants: "These facilities could lock America into decades of continued fossil fuel dependence."

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The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants

Energy companies plan to increase the amount of gas-fired electrical capacity by as much as 44 percent by 2030 across the US.

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So that’s the reason they want more data centers… Now it makd sense

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