Study finds carbon capture and storage could help curb emissions from AI-driven data center boom

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.