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There’s a surge of new gas projects being built to power data centers in the US.

Proposals for new gas-fired power capacity tied to data centers nearly doubled in the first half of 2026, according to a Global Energy Monitor report. Nearly a third of that new capacity would come online in Texas, more than in any other state or country. [Link: Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ | WIRED]

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Proposals for new gas-fired power capacity tied to data centers nearly doubled in the first half of 2026, according to a Global Energy Monitor report . Nearly a third of that new capacity would come online in Texas, more than in any other state or country.

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