hyperscale data centers
GE Vernova
Two major operators in the natural gas and power sectors say they are moving to meet data center power demand with new natural gas generation capacity.
Meta
Entergy Louisiana confirmed a new, $10 billion Meta AI data center is the motive behind its recent filing to build three new gas plants at a combined 2.3 GW.
Meta
The Louisiana PSC has taken first steps to consider Entergy’s request to power a proposed $5 billion AI data center in north Louisiana with $3.2 billion in mostly natural gas generation.
DOE
The Biden administration wants to jumpstart a “nuclear deployment ecosystem” by getting 35 GW of new nuclear power online or under construction by 2035 and then build to a steady pace of deploying 15 GW per year in the U.S. and globally by 2040.
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Finding the sites and hundreds of megawatts of power data centers is “rather limited,” so said talks at the U.S. Energy Association’s Energy Tech Connect Forum.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explained why AI is driving such high demand for electricity and how it could benefit the power grid, and society more generally, in the near future.
Google
Google's 2023 emissions totaled the equivalent of 14.3 million tons of carbon dioxide, a 48% increase over 2019. It expects further increases before dropping to its emission reduction target of net zero by 2030.
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Members of MISO’s Advisory Committee emphasized that all players in the footprint need to act swiftly to position themselves for “hyperscale” load growth and the EPA’s new carbon rule.
EPRI
The burgeoning power demand from data centers and artificial intelligence can be met by other means than new natural gas-fired power plants, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute.
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