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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.
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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.
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The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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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. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, at least initially, would not be connected to the state's power grid. Instead, its 35 natural-gas turbines would primarily deliver its 7.65 gigawatts of electricity to the new data center. According to Cleanview, which tracks data centers and their associated power projects, GW ...
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AIPROPX has consolidated 4 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S..” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — Other and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from The Verge (Aug 8, 2026, 17:53 UTC); the most recent came from TechCrunch (Aug 8, 2026, 21:24 UTC).
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