Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits.

The planned facility in Pecos County would be permitted to release 33 million tons of CO2 per year, more than any other U.S. power plant

The data center’s on-site natural gas power plant could emit more than double the carbon dioxide released each year by the current record-holder

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

Amazon has confirmed it is financing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It is the latest example of tech giants going off the grid to get their AI operations online faster. The news was first reported by market intell

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It would beat out China's New Century Global Center, which spans 18.9 million square feet and comes with an indoor beach and ski slope inside.

The company and Gilroy, Calif., officials spent years quietly negotiating a $2 billion project that few residents knew about until construction began