US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds
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Key context: <p>There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid ‘frenzy’ to build more datacenters</p><p>The US has surged ahead of China in the building of new gas-fired power generation, largely to feed a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) that is adding vast amounts of planet-heating emissions, a new analysis has found.</p><p>For decades, China’s rapid economic growth has seen it outpace the US in the addition of new gas power generation but a recent “frenzy” in datacenter construction for AI has reversed this, said <a href="https://globalenergymonitor.org/">Global Energy Monitor</a> (Gem) in its new report.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/us-gas-power-china-ai-datacenter">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid ‘frenzy’ to build more datacentersThe US has surged ahead of China in the building of new gas-fired power generation, largely to feed a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) that is adding vast amounts of planet-heating emissions, a new analysis has found.For decades, China’s rapid economic growth has seen it outpace the US in the addition of new gas power generation but a recent “frenzy” in datacenter construction for AI has reversed this, said Global Energy Monitor (Gem) in its new report. Continue reading...
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