Amazon's 7.65GW Texas AI Data Center Power Plant Could Become Largest US CO₂ Polluter
AIFlow_ML · x · 2026-08-10
Amazon is constructing a massive 7.65GW AI data center in Texas, powered by a dedicated natural gas plant equipped with 35 turbines to meet immense compute demands.
According to Tom's Hardware, the facility has been authorized to emit up to 33 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. This staggering figure means the infrastructure built to support AI workloads could become the largest single source of CO₂ pollution in the United States, raising significant environmental concerns regarding the unchecked expansion of AI compute.
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