U.S. gas power proposals tied to data centers nearly double in six months

August 28, 2026

In the first half of the year, the United States nearly doubled the gas-fired capacity it is developing to directly power data centers, but uncertainty persists about how and when this capacity gets built, according to a new analysis from Global Energy Monitor¹.

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