BCG examined eight technologies to gauge their potential for meeting data center power requirements in the US market. Gas-fired power plants fitted with carbon capture technology perform well across six criteria: speed, cost, scalability, proof points, regulatory support, and. Gas plants with carbon capture are best placed to meet the needs of data center developers at scale. By 2030, data centers in the US are projected to face an 80-gigawatt gap between the demand for reliable round-the-clock power and generating capacity. With the continuous improvement of the complexity and capabilities of AI models, the demand for computing power is also. Decarbonizing data centers refers to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by improving energy efficiency, increasing renewable energy use, and optimizing infrastructure operations. By Jenny Gerson, Senior Director of Sustainability In today's climate-conscious world, data center operators are playing. With the fast growth of AI and high-performance computing, the energy demand and CO 2 emissions of the data center sector will continue to increase. As governments increasingly focus on reaching net-zero by 2050 targets, and with data center hyperscalers such as Microsoft and Meta pledging to be.