US gas power plant plans rise to 60.4 GW — Electrek
In the United States, planned grid-connected gas-fired generating capacity by the end of 2030 has reached 60.4 GW. This is 44% more than the 41.8 GW expected in December 2025, Electrek reports, citing an analysis by the Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group based on data from the US federal Energy Information Administration.
The analysis authors note that the volume of proposed new gas capacity exceeds the total installed generating capacity of every individual US state except Texas, California and Florida. At the same time, these are planned projects, so not all announced facilities will necessarily be built.
Texas accounts for one-third of planned capacity
Texas accounts for 33.2% of all planned grid-connected gas capacity, or approximately one-third of the nationwide total. If these projects are implemented, the state's existing gas-fired generating capacity will increase by nearly a quarter.
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Louisiana follows in terms of planned new capacity with 6.6 GW, followed by Pennsylvania with 4.4 GW, Oklahoma with 3 GW and Mississippi with 2.6 GW. Together, these five states account for about 60% of all planned additional capacity.
Data center demand and declining wind plans
According to the study, amid growing electricity demand from data centers, plans for solar capacity are not increasing, while planned wind capacity has declined by 33.9% since December 2025. Solar power still ranks first among planned new generating capacity, but the analysis authors believe clean energy is not keeping pace with the data center boom.
The calculation also did not include standalone gas power plants that can directly supply energy to data centers. The authors estimate that such projects could potentially add tens of additional gigawatts. They also cite modeling according to which, under a scenario of rapid data center growth, pollution from fossil-fuel power plants, local gas turbines and backup diesel generators could be associated with nearly 600,000 cases of asthma symptoms and approximately 1,300 premature deaths in 2028.
