>Amazon is investing in a natural-gas-burning power plant, as part of a huge data center in Texas, that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States, the company confirmed Friday.>The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country.>To avoid years of potential delays in hooking up to electrical utilities, data-center developers are increasingly choosing to build their own dedicated, on-site power plants instead. And gas-burning plants are usually the fastest and easiest to build.>Last year, Mr. Trump issued an executive order designed to make it easier to build and operate data centers, and since then federal agencies have introduced policies designed to fast-track their construction.>Gas-burning plants release smog-forming pollutants that can contribute to heart disease, asthma and other health problems.>Environmental groups said the scale of the plant would be damaging both for local air pollution and for the climate. “It’s going to absolutely have a huge impact on the environment, and on public health,” said Kathryn Guerra, a campaign director at Public Citizen, a corporate watchdog group that has opposed data center projects.>The power plant “could be a foreshadowing of what’s to come,” said Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, a company that tracks data-center energy infrastructure.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html
>>540418429>can contribute to heart disease, asthma and other health problemsThe lower caste, made obsolete by AI, won't kill itself otherwise. Two birds, one stone.
>>540418429You lost.
>>540418429You voted for this.
>>540418429> natural-gas-burning power planti don't understand why on-premises gas turbines even exist. it just pushes the demand further up the chain. consider that most of the electricity for our grid is produced via natural gas, and many homes are heated via natural gas.
Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter in 20 years due to massive AI spending
>>540418429Based , I don't want china to win, we need this. Hope it's next to a neighborhood too
>>540418429This is what Texas if for, keeping all the dirty nastiness out of places like New England. Have fun you redneck bumpkins.
>>540418429amazon boycott inbound
>>540418429When are people going to fulfill Larry's wishes?
>>540418429But yeah, let's deal with those cow farts. These people aren't scared enough.
>>540418429Dumb Israel worshipping rednecks voted for this.
>>540418429Didn't they ban or are planning to ban gas stoves?Lmao, goyim deserve what they get
