Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines
Anthropic bought billions of dollars’ worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer’s remorse.
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US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035
The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.
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Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers
Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up.
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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.
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Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct
Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.
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SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels
The fab is intended to build chips for data centers that will be run by SpaceX and its xAI subsidiary.
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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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AI | Climate | Enterprise
AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?
Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.
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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Gas turbines at xAI’s Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company’s use of “mobile” gas turbines as power plants.
