The AI industry is turning to an old energy favorite to bring its data centers online fast

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A natural gas plant in Garden City, Texas.

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Local data center opposition claims its latest victim: Oracle's Project Jupiter gas plant

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Data centers are facing rising opposition from local communities.

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Big Tech's AI data centers are pushing the power grid to its limits — and one state is feeling it the most

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Google data center Texas
Power demand in Texas could quadruple by 2032, driven by data centers seeking to connect to the grid.

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Why Warren Buffett's cash pile and Michael Burry's AI doubts make sense in this market

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Warren Buffett is the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.

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Maine is poised to ban new data centers. These 11 other states tried and failed.

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Active servers are seen at a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia on November 12, 2025.
The data center infrastructure boom has taken off across the country as it meets local resistance.

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Utilities are spending $1.4 trillion to power the AI boom, and it's hiking up electric bills across the US

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An Entergy power plant in Texas.

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Utilities want $31 billion more from customers, and your electric bill is about to feel it

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Electric and gas utilities asked state regulators to approve billions in rate increases.

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There's no such thing as 'free lunch' for Big Tech's electric bill

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An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with a closed-loop cooling system on October 20, 2025, in Vernon, California.

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Oracle and OpenAI's second Stargate data center in Texas will be powered off the grid

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The first Project Stargate data center is under construction in Abilene, Texas.

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Data centers in one nation are driving power demand like nowhere else

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An aerial shot of a data center.
A new McKinsey report suggests data center demand is delaying the switch to low-carbon energy alternatives.

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