An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

To powerfulness its caller West Texas information center, Amazon is investing successful the operation of a caller powerfulness works that could beryllium 1 of the largest azygous producers of greenhouse gases successful the US, according to the New York Times. The caller gas-burning works successful Pecos County, Texas has received important concern from Amazon and, astatine slightest initially, would not beryllium connected to the state's powerfulness grid. Instead, its 35 natural-gas turbines would chiefly present its 7.65 gigawatts of energy to the caller information center.

According to Cleanview, which tracks information centers and their associated powerfulness projects, GW Ranch received a licence from Texas allowing for the …

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