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Study authors Hon Chung Lau and Steve C. Tsai project that U.S. data center power requirements will more than quadruple by 2030, suggesting natural gas power plants equipped with carbon capture and storage technologies will be the best way to provide power and prevent carbon dioxide emissions.
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Who
Study authors Hon Chung Lau and Steve C. Tsai, data center owners, utilities, and CCS providers
What
Study authors Hon Chung Lau and Steve C. Tsai project that U.S. data center power requirements will more than quadruple by 2030, suggesting natural gas power plants equipped with carbon capture and storage technologies will be the best way to provide power and prevent carbon dioxide emissions.
When
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:58:00 GMT · 16h 22m ago
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Why
The research aims to address the rapidly growing demand for computational power, particularly for emerging artificial intelligence models, while preventing carbon dioxide from being emitted to the atmosphere.
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If carbon capture and storage (CCS) is deployed, nearly three-fourths of U.S. data center emissions could be mitigated by 2030, potentially rising to 90% with pipeline transport, significantly reducing the environmental footprint of the rapidly expanding AI sector.
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