TechnologyEnglish · 27 days ago

Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States

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Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States

TechnologyEnglish · 27 days ago

Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.

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Fossil fuel companies. Waha natural gas prices are super depressed in that area so it would be a big boon to the pricing environment there.

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