AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The US is on the cusp of a natural gas power plant construction boom, as Big Tech turns to fossil fuels to meet the huge electricity needs of the artificial intelligence revolution -- putting climate targets in peril.
51% : On Friday, Constellation Energy, one of the country's largest electricity providers, announced that it was buying Calpine, the largest independent power producer of gas, in a deal worth nearly $27bn, marking one of the largest deals in the power sector.
29% : The capacity surge is expected to unfold during the second term of Donald Trump, who has vowed to keep fossil fuels at the centre of the US economy, and signals a reversal of earlier forecasts for natural gas capacity to fall in the next five years.
27% : While the Biden administration required new facilities to include the technology starting in 2032, Trump is expected to scrap or weaken the rule.

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