US EditionBig Tech’s soaring energy demands are making coal-fired power plant sites attractive
- Utilities and developers increasingly reuse former US coal power plant sites.
- Previously uneconomical sites gain value from surging electricity demand.
- Developers install solar, storage, data centers, and plan nuclear reactors.
- Reusing sites can cut nuclear plant costs by 15% to 35%.
- This trend helps meet energy needs and aids former coal plant communities.
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A big winner in big tech's frantic search for power? Old coal plants.
Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech's cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources. President Donald Trump — who has pushed for U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market and suggested that coal can help meet surging power demand — is w…
Big Tech's energy demands making coal power plants attractive
HARRISBURG, United States — Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the United States, are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources. President Donald Trump
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