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Amazon bets on Texas gas plant that could become the nation’s biggest climate-polluting data-center power source

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Source: Ars Technica
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.

Topics:businesstechnology#amazon#climate-change#data-centers#gas-turbines#off-the-grid#technology
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  1. Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution  Ars Technica
  2. New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.  The New York Times
  3. Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US  Distilled | Michael Thomas
  4. Amazon data center plant in Texas could become America’s biggest polluter  independent.co.uk
  5. 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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