Powering the AI Era: Gas Capacity Growth Accelerates

The US is now building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China, and more than any other country in the world, after a stunning 76% increase in under-construction projects in the first half of this year. When adding announced and pre-construction projects, the US is building nearly three times as much as its fellow global economic powerhouse.

Since January, gas power capacity in overall development in the US has ballooned by 50%, rising from 252GW to 378GW – a third of the global total.

Around half of the new capacity is directly tied to a rash of upcoming datacenters that require a huge amount of electricity to handle the increased demand from AI.

Further reading:

• Betting big on data centers, U.S. now leads world for new gas power development | Global Energy Monitor
• US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian