"Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research found, is explicitly linked to gas projects that will power data centers -the equivalent of energy that would power tens of millions of US homes."
"Building all the gas-fired power infrastructure that was in development at the end of last year could increase the US gas fleet by nearly 50 percent, according to Global Energy Monitor's findings. The US currently has around 565 gigawatts of gas-fired power on the grid. If all the projects in the development pipeline are built, it would add almost 252 gigawatts of gas power to the US fleet."
Data center expansion has driven a dramatic increase in US demand for gas-fired power over the past two years. More than one-third of new gas demand is explicitly tied to projects that will power data centers, equivalent to energy for tens of millions of homes. Policy shifts favoring data center build-out and rollbacks of power plant and fossil-fuel extraction pollution rules are occurring simultaneously. Building all gas infrastructure in development could raise the US gas fleet by nearly 50 percent, adding about 252 gigawatts to the existing roughly 565 gigawatts on the grid.
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