Southern Company considers extending life of coal assets to meet rising energy demand from data centers
CEO: As we look at responding to demand growth, looking at coal operating longer is a consideration
News - coal generation
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Hallador in talks with data center developer for coal power supply deal
The partnership is expected to extend to over a decade
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Legacy coal plants are getting more unreliable
Cycling increases and deferred maintenance lead to higher forced outage rates
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Ameren deploys Bitcoin mining data center at coal power plant
Sioux Energy Center adds to a growing number of coal-powered Bitcoin data centers
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Stronghold raises $105m to mine bitcoin with super-dirty coal waste energy at Scrubgrass, Pennsylvania
Bitcoin keeps the Scrubgrass plant open, enables site clean up at the cost of more emissions