Gas plants for US data centers to be major source of climate change-linked emissions, report says

Dozens of planned gas plants to directly power data centers in the United States could emit as much greenhouse gas annually as Australia or France, according to a report by an environmental group published on Wednesday.

The Environmental Integrity Project reviewed 74 gas-fired U.S. power plant projects ‌proposed or planned ⁠to ⁠provide electricity directly to data centers, which would sidestep the process to connect to the U.S. electric grid.