Texas data center plan could crown Amazon as nation's top climate polluter
TL;DR
The Independent reports that Amazon’s Pecos County data-center campus in Texas would be powered by an on-site natural-gas plant estimated to emit up to 33 million tons of CO2 annually, potentially making it the largest single-source climate polluter in the United States; Amazon says the plant won’t raise electricity costs for Texas residents and is exploring solar and storage to connect to the grid later, as demand for AI-driven data centers accelerates, while critics argue it complicates the company's climate commitments.
- Amazon data center plant in Texas could become America’s biggest polluter The Independent
- 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
- Jeff Bezos Plans To Enrich Himself With Mammoth Carbon Dioxide Emissions In Texas CleanTechnica
- An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country The Verge
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