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Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem; plus, Caterpillar is bringing what it learned from automating mining to AI implementation

31 August 2026 10:01 TechCrunch

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Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.

Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.

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