Amazon to finance huge US gas plant for data centres

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Amazon is financing a large private gas power plant in Texas, potentially becoming the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US. This investment supports Amazon’s data center construction to accelerate AI operations off the traditional grid.

Amazon has confirmed it is financing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It is the latest example of tech giants going off the grid to get their AI operations online faster. The news was first reported by market intelligence company Cleanview, which reviewed satellite imagery to connect three data centre construction permits filed this week by Amazon to the gas plant, which is being developed by...