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Voters Will Soon Decide the Fate of America’s Trillion Dollar AI Buildout

Ten races will set the rules for 67.4 GW of planned data centers—more capacity than the entire country has operating today

Oct 7 • Michael Thomas

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September 2026

Data Center Development Is Booming in States That Voted For Trump

Outside Virginia, 92% of data center construction is in states Trump won

Sep 30 • Michael Thomas

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Eight New Gas Plants Will Power Amazon's Next Wave of Data Centers

Utilities and independent power producers are building 17.5 GW of new gas generation to serve Amazon’s growing power needs.

Sep 24 • Michael Thomas

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Amazon is building 44 GW of data centers. Here's how it plans to power them.

For our latest report, we analyzed hundreds of documents and satellite images to produce the most comprehensive look at Amazon’s power strategy

Sep 23 • Michael Thomas

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August 2026

Why Amazon Is Building One of the Largest Solar Projects in America

Amazon recently outbid a utility for a 1.2 GW solar-plus-storage project in Oregon. Hundreds of regulatory filings show it had run out of other options.

Aug 26 • Michael Thomas

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Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US

The company confirmed to Cleanview that it acquired the GW Ranch site in West Texas, where a 7.65 GW gas plant will power its first off-grid AI data…

Aug 7 • Michael Thomas

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June 2026

OpenAI's Stargate Data Centers Are Taking Longer and Costing More Than Its Competitors'

The creator of ChatGPT is building its own power plants in hopes that it can build giga-scale data centers faster than anyone else. But it's running…

Jun 17 • Michael Thomas

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Meta's Data Center Strategy and the Mad Max Phase of the AI Boom

In the race to build AI, Meta is sticking billions of dollars of chips inside tents and powering them with off-grid power plants

Jun 4 • Michael Thomas

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Data Center Developers Want to Build Their Own Power Plants. How Many Actually Will?

Trying to separate hype from reality when it comes to behind-the-meter data centers

Jun 3 • Michael Thomas

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April 2026

The World's Largest Planned Data Center Is Running Into Trouble

Last summer, Fermi America raised $746 million to build the world's largest data center. Satellite images show the project is at least a year behind the…

Apr 19 • Michael Thomas

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Google Is Considering Natural Gas Without Carbon Capture in Its AI Data Center Strategy

In our latest report, we analyzed 100+ documents, satellite imagery, and 63 data center projects to produce the most comprehensive look at Google's…

Apr 2 • Michael Thomas

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March 2026

Microsoft's Latest Data Center Project Could Boost It's Emissions by 40%

The company will run 1.35 GW of Nvidia's latest chips on 100% natural gas

Mar 17 • Michael Thomas

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