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Amazon’s new Texas data centre could become America’s biggest single polluter. It will not touch the grid.
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Amazon is planning an off-grid data center in Texas that will be powered by a 7.65 GW natural-gas plant, which could become the nation’s largest single source of emissions and the most polluting power facility in the United States. The project would operate independently of the regional grid, raising concerns about its compatibility with Amazon’s 2040 net-zero emissions target.
Written from all 5 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
- TechMeme·Amazon is backing a 7.65 GW gas plant for an off-grid TX AI data center, potentially the largest single US emissions source, at odds with its 2040 net-zero goal (Hiroko Tabuchi/New York Times)
- Hacker News·Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country
- The Verge·An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
- TechCrunch·Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
- The Next Web·Amazon’s new Texas data centre could become America’s biggest single polluter. It will not touch the grid.
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