Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Get updates on your preferred social platform Follow us for the latest news, insider access to events and more. SB ⁠Energy, a unit of SoftBank, plans to connect a 9.2-gigawatt gas plant to the local grid and power the new data center at the federally owned Portsmouth site in Pike County, Ohio.If constructed, the gas plant and data center would be among the world's largest. "Perhaps this announcement signals a new way forward that charges data centers and not ratepayers for data center transmission," Peskoe said.Environmental advocates say the Ohio power plant will result in decades of local pollution and global-warming emissions. "Recommitting it to decades of new pollution is another sign of this Administration prioritizing the wrong things," said Neil Waggoner of the Sierra Club.

Source: Economic Times March 21, 2026 09:18 UTC