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Carbon nanostructure improves fuel-cell catalyst durability while reducing platinum use

The explosion of new data centers being proposed and built around the U.S. has increased demand for energy to keep them powered and cooled. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that data centers could consume up to 9% of U.S. electricity generation annually by 2030, up from 4% of total lo...

Carbon nanostructure improves fuel-cell catalyst durability while reducing platinum use
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The explosion of new data centers being proposed and built around the U.S. has increased demand for energy to keep them powered and cooled. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that data centers could consume up to 9% of U.S. electricity generation annually by 2030, up from 4% of total load in 2023.

Originally published at Phys.org

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