Fast-tracked power plants fuel AI boom, with little public scrutiny

REUTERS  —    "It’s not like we’re two streets away. We’re literally across the street," Kidd said, pointing toward the Apollo Generating Station site, located in Wood County, about 25 miles (40.2 km) south of Toledo. "I’m living next to a threat."

The plant is one of dozens of large, off-grid power projects being approved rapidly and often under a cover of secrecy across the United States to supply the tech industry’s booming demand for powering data centers, according to a Reuters review of regulatory filings and interviews with public officials, residents, researchers and company executives.

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