AI is guzzling gas

Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.

AI’s huge energy appetite can only be fed by polluting methane gas, the gas industry claims. Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Energy experts warned only a few years ago that the world had to stop building new fossil fuel projects to preserve a livable climate.

Now, artificial intelligence is driving a rapid expansion of methane gas infrastructure—pipelines…