Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Texas is on the front line of the AI energy boom—and it’s not wind or solar leading the charge. Across the state, developers are bypassing the strained public grid to build private, gas-fired power plants that will feed massive new data centers. One such project near New Braunfels has residents worried about the loss of peace and the rise of pollution. The shift marks a deepening reliance on fossil fuels at a moment when many hoped clean energy would define the future of computing. Dylan Baddour & Arcelia Martin with Inside Climate News have the full story.
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