AI's hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom

As US tech companies race to build the data centers fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants -- off the grid and running on gas -- to get online faster. After years of decline, new announced fossil fuel capacity for the grid hit a low in 2022,…

Source: The Economic Times11 August 2026 at 7:38 am ISTrss

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