ExxonKnews
December 18, 2025
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ExxonMobil has a new plan to sell more methane gas in a warming world: Frame it as a climate-friendly solution for artificial intelligence.
The fossil fuel giant is proposing to build massive gas-fired data center campuses — complete with power plants and pipeline infrastructure — to power the immensely energy-intensive AI boom. It’s also promising that this will be totally fine for the planet, because Exxon will remove 90 percent of the emissions from those facilities with taxpayer-funded carbon capture.
