Amazon is building a new AI data center in Texas that could become the country’s largest source of carbon emissions

SiliconANGLE · 2 months ago · 44 ● 4 sources

Amazon is building an AWS data center and on-site natural gas power plant in Pecos County, Texas, with permits already secured. The permits authorize releases of 33 million tons of carbon dioxide each year and the plant would use 35 natural gas turbines to generate up to 7.65 gigawatts. The project proceeds despite Amazon’s net-zero promise, highlighting growing climate and energy-grid scrutiny of new data centers.