Amazon is helping power its AI expansion through a natural gas plant in Texas that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States. Such gas plants, increasingly attached to data center projects, release pollutants linked to asthma, heart disease, lung cancer, and strokes, while accelerating climate change.
The Trump administration supports fast-tracking these projects, sometimes skipping permits, despite community demands for stricter environmental review. The move follows public backlash over Elon Musk's xAI using gas turbines for its Colossus data center, highlighting tensions between AI growth and climate pledges.
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