The first data from 2026 seem to indicate that last year was an oddity.
Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in demand were becoming a reality. Demand had risen by about 3 percent, triggering a surge in coal, interrupting what had been a long downward trend. But over the course of the year, both trends slowed considerably.
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
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Drusas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Dams/hydroelectric facilities devastate local ecologies. That's why states which have been trying to restore their local environments have been removing some and upgrading others--not expanding these systems.