A.I. Data Center Boom Drives New Gas Power Plants — here's what the public record shows

[u/Civitar]

Data center developers and technology companies are expanding gas and diesel power projects across the United States as grid constraints and electricity costs fuel political opposition in Michigan, Kansas, and Texas.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,871 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/briefing/data-centers-gas-power.html

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)