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.
nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/18/business/energy-environment/data-center-energy-gas-generators.html
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