"The president’s push for data centers is driving a boom in gas-burning power plants. "n March, a developer working on a Meta data center in El Paso applied to power the site with a gas-burning plant large enough to supply electricity to 300,000 homes. Typically, approving a big power plant might require public hearings and months of detailed vetting. And an even larger data center power plant, also gas-burning, won approval in just two days. Hiroko Tabuchi reports for the New York Times August 5, 2026.