Tag: natural gas

2 articles tagged natural gas

18 May 2026 The Guardian

More than 100 UK data centres plan to burn gas to power AI workloads

Over 100 UK data centres plan to burn gas to generate their own electricity as grid queues lengthen — raising fresh questions over the Clean Power 2030 target.

3 Apr 2026 The Guardian

Google partners with gas power plant for AI datacenter as climate commitments soften

A 933-megawatt gas plant in Texas would emit up to 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year — more than the entire city of San Francisco — to power Google's AI infrastructure.