U.S. wind and solar development still has significant room for expansion to power data centers, particularly in the Midwest wind corridor and sunny southwest, Microsoft Vice President of Energy Bobby Hollis told Reuters at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on Wednesday.

Technology giant Microsoft (MSFT) says it is open to deploying natural gas with carbon capture technology to power its artificial intelligence

Microsoft Vice President of Energy Bobby Hollis said natural gas with carbon capture is an option if the projects are commercially viable.

The price of natural gas currently sits at record levels amidst confidence the commodity will continue to drive strong demand from AI data centres. On Tuesday, the vice president of Microsoft’s energy business,