data center
Just last week, MDN brought you the news about a new report from Aurora Energy Research that predicts new electricity demand from data centers in northern Virginia could (likely will) hit 15 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 (see Report Says Va. Data Center Growth Needs 15 GW of Gas-Fired Power). According to Aurora, wind and solar won’t cut it if PJM needs to add another 15 GW of electricity to its grid over the next five years. Those technologies aren’t mature and scalable enough to meet the demand. The answer to increasing the electricity supply is natural gas, which has drillers and midstreamers in the M-U jazzed.
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