NEWS: The data center buildout is fueling a coal comeback.

The latest: In the Midwest, Evergy is asking the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Missouri PSC for the OK to delay the conversion or retirement of nearly 3 GW of coal plants by over five years. And over in West Virginia, AEP elbowed out a major data center developer to buy a 710-MW coal plant. 

The trend: After two decades of coal decline, the AI frenzy has pushed back the retirement of over a dozen US facilities.