# Coal Plants Staying Online Because AI Needs So Much Power


The boom that the AI industry has experienced in the past few years is putting a
massive strain on the US's aging electricity grid as energy companies struggle
to power the massive data centers that the technology requires, Bloomberg
reports. One stopgap measure that's being considered, and in some cases already
being used, is keeping […]

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