Amazon will partly power its AI operations with a natural gas-burning plant in Texas that The New York Times says could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the U.S. Such gas plants emit pollutants that worsen climate change and contribute to asthma, heart disease, lung cancer, and strokes.
Communities are pushing for stricter environmental reviews, while the Trump administration supports fast-tracking projects, potentially skipping permits. The move follows backlash over Elon Musk's xAI using gas turbines for its Colossus data center amid concerns about off-grid data centers.
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