{"id":242310,"date":"2026-07-11T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:00:10","slug":"as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halifax.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/11\/as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives\/\">As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halifax.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/11\/as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives\/\">https:\/\/halifax.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/11\/as-gas-plants-rise-to-power-ai-renewable-energy-allies-are-fighting-for-cleaner-alternatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-11 07:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"halifax.citynews.ca\">halifax.citynews.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The explosive energy demand of artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting fossil fuel use, while renewable energy advocates aim to power data centers with climate-friendly sources.<\/li>\n<li>Lawmakers in states with robust climate policies fear that data centers could hinder emission reduction goals. <\/li>\n<li>States like Michigan, Oregon, and Minnesota are enforcing laws to ensure that the energy used to power data centers aligns with climate goals.<\/li>\n<li>Legislative efforts in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia have introduced similar data center clean energy requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Tech companies are challenging utility systems that cannot supply sufficient power, pushing for greater grid access and investment in renewable energy sources.<\/li>\n<li>Clean energy projects and regulatory approvals, such as those involving Google, are setting precedents for future energy policy developments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/halifax.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/cbd042a3191efcaef14af096d607f07a21d3c6996ab9667fc6b054b00ed63c72.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-242310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242312,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242310\/revisions\/242312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}