Trump order looks to tap coal in quest to power data centers, Bloomberg News reports


Trump order looks to tap coal in quest to power data centers, Bloomberg News reports


April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to expand the mining and use of coal inside the country in a bid to power the boom in data centers, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a senior White House official.

In an executive order that Trump is expected to sign on Tuesday afternoon, he will set out a number of steps by the government designed to reinvigorate the coal industry, the report said.   ...more

RSK: Wonder if this will have some old coal power generating power like the Columbia Power Plant. Some of them have been so decommissioned that it would be virtually impossible to restart, Data centers need power, lots of power.

Coal??? Why not "Mini nuclear reactors," also known as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) or Microreactors.

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