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April 14, 2026

Data centers make it hard to meet their clean energy goals

By JESSICA HILL
Associated Press

AP Photo/Ty ONeil [enlarge]
Solar panels stretch out across the desert floor in North Las Vegas. Industry experts say renewable energy’s contribution to the power grid is not growing fast enough.

LAS VEGAS — Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.


 
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