Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand

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Surging data center power demand collides with rollbacks of renewable energy incentives and years-long gas turbine backlogs. In South Texas, a lignite coal plant transitions to a 400-megawatt solar farm while Microsoft invests $7 billion in a Wisconsin data center. Residential utility bills have risen nearly 30 percent since 2021.

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Miles O’Brien, Will Toubman
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PBS NewsHour

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