In the United States, coal-fired power plants come to the aid of artificial intelligence

America’s coal-fired power plants are not dead yet. Demand for electricity continues to increase in the United States, particularly to power the gigantic data centers that artificial intelligence cannot do without. Therefore, there is no question of immediately retiring these good old power plants.

“The decommissioning dates for the aging fleet of coal-fired power plants are being pushed back, Write the Financial Times. Concerns about network reliability as well as growing demand are forcing operators to maintain production capacity.”

Impossible to quickly replace fossil power plants “while continuing to meet demand”, explains Joe Craft, managing director of Alliance Resource Partners, one of the op