Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
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In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.
Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
Meta has been on a renewable buying spree in recent months.
Meta's massive data center will draw power from three gas-fired power plants producing 2.25 gigawatts.
The Colossus data center was allegedly operating as many as 35 gas turbines without pollution controls in a region that already…
Fourth Power has raised $20 million to build a demonstration version of its thermal batteries, which ultimately could store…
