2026-09-25 15:35 UTC
Eight New Gas Plants Will Power Amazon's Next Wave of Data Centers
Last month, Cleanview broke the news that Amazon is planning to build a 7.65 GW natural gas power plant in West Texas to power a data center campus. In our latest report on Amazon’s power strategy, we identified seven more power plants linked to the company’s data centers.
Altogether, utilities and independent power producers are building 17.5 GW of new gas generation to serve Amazon’s growing power needs. That’s roughly 1.5 times as much power as New York City consumes at its peak in a given year.
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@Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 04:18
Texas pumps out more greenhouse gasses than any other state. With just the AI build out already planned out, Texas is set to double its greenhouse gas output. On the brink of completely catastrophic climate change, after we have already passed the threshold for 1.5C of warming, America is trying to double its carbon footprint.
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@FergleFFergleson@infosec.pub 2026-09-26 03:04
Remind me again… when Amazon bought the rights to the Seattle Center Arena… what did they decide to name it? So yeah, about that… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Pledge_Arena