Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota
Meta’s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.
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Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid
The large deal sees Arbor delivering as many as 200 of its Halcyon turbines, which can burn either natural gas or waste biomass.
SoftBank to spend an eye-popping $33B to build huge U.S. gas power plant
If completed, the project would be among the largest and most expensive natural gas power plants.
EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used
Elon Musk’s AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.
Data centers now attract more investment than than finding new oil supplies
In a shift, the world will spend $40 billion more on new data centers this year than it will on finding new sources of oil.
Data centers now attract more investment than finding new oil supplies
In a shift, the world will spend $40 billion more on new data centers this year than it will on finding new sources of oil.
Arbor’s ‘vegetarian rocket engine’ power plant is actually an omnivore
As demand for electricity from data centers grows, Arbor Energy has made its power plant capable of burning natural gas in addition to biomass.
Google’s bets on carbon capture power plants, which have a mixed record
Google intends to use electricity from the 400-MW power plant in Decatur, Illinois, to operate nearby data centers. Carbon capture will eliminate some of the plants emissions, but how much remains to be seen.
Gas power plants approved for Meta’s $10B data center, and not everyone is happy
Meta’s massive data center will draw power from three gas-fired power plants producing 2.25 gigawatts.