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US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 (techcrunch.com)
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The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260915183628/https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/us-data-centers-could-consume-more-natural-gas-than-germany-and-japan-combined-by-2035/

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[–] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They could have built these next to the massive amount of wind turbines that were supposed to go up. The consumption was off the charts way before AI and they sabotaged every other option since then.

The oil lobby fucked us again and it even found itself the perfect scape goat, global warming is now because of AI.

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