gas turbine
noun
: an internal combustion engine in which expanding gases from the combustion chamber drive the blades of a turbine
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For example, Erin Brockovich-style reporting is finding that in Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer, Colossus, is worsening air quality due to its massive use of methane-gas turbines, emitting a smog of nitrogen oxides and toxic formaldehyde.
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Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Eaton makes electrical equipment that goes inside data centers, and GE Vernova's gas turbines help generate electricity.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Mike O’Boyle, senior director of electricity policy at Energy Innovation, believes building too many new gas turbines poses unnecessary risks.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Of greatest concern: the emissions from the dozens of methane gas turbines — each roughly the size of a semitrailer — that were initially used to power xAI’s new facility located less than 2 miles from her home in southwest Memphis.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2025
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Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Eaton makes electrical equipment that goes inside data centers, and GE Vernova's gas turbines help generate electricity.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Mike O’Boyle, senior director of electricity policy at Energy Innovation, believes building too many new gas turbines poses unnecessary risks.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Of greatest concern: the emissions from the dozens of methane gas turbines — each roughly the size of a semitrailer — that were initially used to power xAI’s new facility located less than 2 miles from her home in southwest Memphis.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Gas turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20turbine. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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