Gas-fired plants to power U.S. AI data centres
At least 82 gas-burning power plants have been proposed to fuel data centres in the U.S., potentially releasing as much greenhouse gas emissions as half of all passenger vehicles in the country
GAS-FIRED PLANTS
New and expanded, to power data centres
Texas
70.4GWWV
Ohio 15.9 Gigawatts
West Virginia
15.5GW
Pennsylvania
13.7GW
Utah 13.0
Wyoming 7.0GW
New Mexico 6.1GW
Others
10.7 GW
Total 152.3GW
WY
NV
OK
UT
NE
TX
AZ
NM
MS
IN
NC
VA
PA
OH
PLANT  CAPACITY
1GW
7GW
Sources: Environmental Integrity, New York Times
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