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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71553176

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260915183628/https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/us-data-centers-could-consume-more-natural-gas-than-germany-and-japan-combined-by-2035/


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[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

USA! USA! USA!

:someone whispers rapidly in my ear:

Ah, about my recent outburst. I'd like to DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT AND USA! COAL! GAS! DIESEL!! SMOKE!!! FIRE!!!!! NUKULAR!!!!!!! WARRRR!!!!!!!!!

.......erm, sorry. Sorry. Sorry sorry sorry.

(sarcasm aside, be nice if we could have more renewables. If we used something like a tenth of the land we grown corn on just to turn into ethanol (i.e. not food, not even cattle feed, but corn that we turn into ethanol only, adn 10% of that land) - if we used that for solar, we could power ALL of the cars in the US on electric, and free up 90% of that corn-ethanol land to grow food or something else on)

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