CarbonCapture Inc., which had wanted to build one of the world’s largest direct air capture of carbon dioxide and storage projects in southwestern Wyoming, is pulling the plug on development of the complex in the Cowboy State.
“We’ve been seeing growing competition for clean power amongst industries that are emerging much faster than anybody would have ever predicted,” said Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture, a Los Angeles-based clean technology company.
CarbonCapture cited “intense competition from data centers” in the region for electricity as partially the reason why it is moving from Wyoming…
A new location will be announced in coming months, Corless said.
Tech giants fight plan to make them pay more for electric grid upgrades
Negotiations between Big Tech and an Ohio power utility could set a national precedent as communities grapple with the energy demands of the data center boom.
Here’s what the Ohio utility is looking at, and most of the increase is data centers and the like. They don’t think Ohioans should pay to build out the infrastructure there to serve other people, so they want a multi-tiered rate system. (Ohio is an ideal state to locate because it is close to the major population centers along the East coast and Midwest.)
Like I said, humans have an infinite desire for energy. I’m willing to bet a good part of that is going to come from petrochemicals, even though there’s an endless supply overhead in that nuclear fusion reactor in the sky.
