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Floodlights illuminate steam rising from a CalEnergy geothermal plant along the edge of the Salton Sea near Calipatria in Imperial County on March 19, 2024. CalEnergy is one of three companies with plans to retrofit their geothermal facilities to begin extracting lithium in the region.
Kori Suzuki for KPBS / California Local
Controlled Thermal Resources, one of the three energy firms chasing lithium around the Salton Sea, is shifting its focus to generating power for the booming artificial intelligence industry.
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