Amazon is backing a natural gas-burning power plant in Texas to help fuel its AI data centers, a facility The New York Times reports could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States. These gas turbines are increasingly being built alongside data center projects and release pollutants linked to asthma, heart disease, lung cancer, and strokes.
Some communities are demanding stricter environmental reviews, while the Trump administration supports fast-tracking that can skip permitting entirely. The move follows public backlash over Elon Musk’s xAI using gas turbines to power its Colossus data center.
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