Why Tech Giants Are Ditching the Power Grid | Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/18/business/energy-environment/data-center-energy-gas-generators.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UFA.D-2H.dCPtl-ejGpq_

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Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They could have used renewables… but no, we’re going full Captain Planet villains…

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- silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Even worse, they’re trying to pretend that the problem is the solution.
  
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