Amazon bets on Texas gas plant that could become the nation’s biggest climate-polluting data-center power source
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Amazon backs a Texas gas-fired, off-the-grid power plant to power a large Pecos County data center, a plan that could make it the largest single source of U.S. climate pollution and draws scrutiny over emissions, fast-track permitting, and its 2040 net-zero pledge as rivals pursue similar behind-the-meter energy projects.
- Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution Ars Technica
- New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. The New York Times
- Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US Distilled | Michael Thomas
- Amazon data center plant in Texas could become America’s biggest polluter independent.co.uk
- Amazon is building a new AI data center in Texas that could become the country's largest source of carbon emissions SiliconANGLE
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