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Clearway keeps solar farm, rejects data center and gas plant plan
Original: Clearway decided against swapping its solar farm project for a data center and gas plant on federal land. # energy https
Clearway Energy has decided against replacing its planned solar farm project with a data center and gas plant on federal land. The decision keeps the renewable project on track despite growing pressure to convert land intended for clean energy into fossil-fuel and data infrastructure. Observers see it as a signal that developers may resist the industry-wide push to pair data centers with gas power, even as demand for computing capacity surges across the United States.
Why now: Tension between clean energy projects and the boom in data centers paired with gas plants is a current flashpoint in US energy policy.
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