How The AI Data Center Boom Is Breathing New Life Into Dirty, Old Coal Plants

How the AI data center boom is breathing new life into dirty, old coal plants

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When the Homer City power plant—the largest coal-fired facility in Pennsylvania—shuttered in 2023, it marked the end of a dirty era for the coal plants that dominated America’s electric grid for over half a century. Now, in a whirlwind turnaround, many of them are being revived to fuel the AI era. Earlier this year, developers […]

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