Proposals for new gas-fired power capacity tied to data centers nearly doubled in the first half of 2026, according to a Global Energy Monitor report. Nearly a third of that new capacity would come online in Texas, more than in any other state or country. [Link: Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ | WIRED]

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid ‘frenzy’ to build more datacenters