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datacenter construction
Coverage of datacenter construction in the Nexus archive.
- US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds
The US has surged ahead of China in building new gas-fired power generation capacity due to a frenzy of datacenter construction for AI. This shift is notable because Global Energy Monitor reports that the boom in artificial intelligence is causing vast amounts of planet-heating emissions. Overall, this development reverses the historical trend where China had led the addition of new gas power generation.