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US data centres could guzzle more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035
A new BloombergNEF report nearly doubles its own nine-month-old forecast, finding AI's hunger for power could add the equivalent of 12% of total US greenhouse gas emissions every day.
Nvidia puts $1.5 billion into the data center company behind OpenAI's giant Ohio facility
The chip maker will also extend up to $105 billion in credit to help build a site that could eventually draw as much power as a small city.
Big Tech's gas bet could backfire badly, energy researchers warn
Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are building massive natural gas power plants for their AI data centres. A new energy research report says prices could triple in some regions, and the companies may not be ready for the shock.
Amazon's Texas Data Center Could Become America's Biggest Climate Polluter
A planned natural gas power plant in Pecos County is permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, more than any other single power plant in the United States.
Amazon's New Texas Power Plant Could Emit More CO2 Than Any Coal Plant in America
A gas plant built to power Amazon's West Texas data center holds a pollution permit larger than any coal facility in the US. The company says its climate commitment stands, but its own emissions have risen for years.
SpaceX Plans to Remove xAI's Illegal Turbines, But Not Until Mid-2027
The company running Elon Musk's AI data centers near Memphis says it will tear out 69 unpermitted gas turbines, replacing them with a permanent power plant. Nearby residents, already living in one of the most polluted regions in the US, will wait at least two more years for that to happen.
OpenAI plans to spend $750 billion on infrastructure by 2030, starting with a massive Georgia data centre
The company's first move is a 1,400-acre campus near Savannah that will draw enough electricity to power a small city, mostly from new natural gas plants.