Amazon's Texas AI hub could become a major CO2 emitter
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Amazon is building a massive AI data center in Pecos County, Texas, powered by a new natural-gas-fired power plant that would emit about 33 million tons of CO2 annually—potentially among the largest emitters in the United States—while construction proceeds amid Texas government pushback, highlighting tensions between data-center growth and climate commitments.
- Amazon's new Texas AI data center will include massive amounts of air pollution Mashable
- New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. The New York Times
- Amazon data center plant in Texas could become America’s biggest polluter The Independent
- Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US Distilled | Michael Thomas
- What Does Amazon.com (AMZN) Backing A Texas Gas Plant Mean For Its Climate Pledge? finance.yahoo.com
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