President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that aims to revive the US coal industry — in part to power soaring demand for AI.
The executive order “pushes for using coal to power new artificial intelligence (AI) data,” per a White House announcement.
The measures would see some older coal plants, which were set to be retired, continue to produce electricity — including to power energy-intensive AI data centers across the US.
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