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Study finds carbon capture and storage could help curb emissions from AI-driven data center boom
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
A Rice University study estimates US data centre power capacity will grow fourfold to 169 GW by 2030, driving emissions from 90 to 404 million metric tonnes annually. The research finds that carbon capture and storage in saline aquifers could mitigate 74% of those emissions by 2030, with natural gas plants equipped with CCS identified as a near-term pathway for low-carbon data centre power.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, Clean Energy and Carbon Tech, and 2 sources have reported it between 20 Jul 2026 and 27 Jul 2026.
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You're building data centre infrastructure in Texas, Virginia or Pennsylvania: the geology for carbon storage exists under your sites, and natural gas plants with capture equipment are now the fastest path to permitting low-carbon power. Call your utility and your local CCS operator this week—the supply chain exists and the numbers say it works.
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2 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 27 Jul 2026
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