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Amazon's data center in Texas could get the world's most polluting power plant
Amazon is building a large data center in Pecos County, Texas, and investing in a new gas power plant to supply it. The power plant has been permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of CO2 annually, more than the US's largest coal plant, and is intended primarily to deliver power to the data center.
WHY IT MATTERS
It illustrates the massive energy demand that AI infrastructure creates, and how large technology companies are building their own power sources with significant environmental impact. This challenges Amazon's climate commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
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