Source: Protocol
Summary
Amazon is building a 1,000-megawatt power plant to power a new data center in Texas. The plant will reportedly be the largest source of climate pollution in the US. The data center is expected to be one of the largest in the world.
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The announcement sounds ambitious.
Amazon’s Texas-sized data center is getting a Texas-sized power plant to match. The 1,000-megawatt plant will power the data center, but at a steep environmental cost. The plant is expected to be the largest source of climate pollution in the US. Because what’s a little carbon footprint when you’re storing all that cloud data?
The launch follows a familiar script: tech giant builds massive data center, adds massive power plant to match, and promises to offset the environmental impact somehow. This time, it’s Amazon’s turn to take the stage.
