Amazon invests in new gas-burning power plant in Pecos County, Texas to power West Texas data center, potentially one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, per New York Times
Read the original at www.theverge.com→To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to The New York Times....
Original headline: "An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country"
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- Aug 8, 17:53 UTC The Verge AI lead source An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
- Aug 8, 21:24 UTC TechCrunch AI Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US
- Aug 10, 08:20 UTC Hacker News (AI) Amazon plans gigantic gas power plant for new AI data center
- Aug 10, 20:45 UTC Ars Technica AI Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution