power plant
noun
1
: an electric utility generating station
2
: an engine and related parts supplying the motive power of a self-propelled object (such as a rocket or automobile)
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In addition to its effort to build a power plant in Southaven, xAI also plans to construct another large data center there, dubbed Macrohardrr, in a warehouse that was previously a GXO Logistics facility.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Some members of Congress want to exclude lines from state or certain environmental reviews, while some tech companies are trying to build their own power plants, or next to one, in part to avoid a quagmire.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
But those rates do not include expenses such as what Georgia Power pays for fuel to make electricity at its power plants.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
It’s also being claimed that the construction of salt cavern CAES power plants can effectively address the volatility, intermittency and randomness of renewable energy generation.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Some members of Congress want to exclude lines from state or certain environmental reviews, while some tech companies are trying to build their own power plants, or next to one, in part to avoid a quagmire.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
But those rates do not include expenses such as what Georgia Power pays for fuel to make electricity at its power plants.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
It’s also being claimed that the construction of salt cavern CAES power plants can effectively address the volatility, intermittency and randomness of renewable energy generation.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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