Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases
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Amazon is reportedly building a 7.65GW natural gas power plant in Texas to feed a new AI data center, with permits allowing up to 33 million tons of CO₂ emissions per year.
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Amazon is planning a massive data center in West Texas that will have its own natural gas power plant. The plant is permitted to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than double the next largest plant, and will be the largest polluter IN THE COUNTRY. #txlege…
— Joel Montfort (@jmontforttx) August 9, 2026
$IREN - New data centers are being paused.
— mon (@moninvestor) August 9, 2026
You know what that means.
Existing, powered data center capacity just became even more valuable. https://t.co/W2diLnOs8R
How mathematically impossible is the energy math behind the data center rollout? Just Texas alone is facing 474GW of interconnection requests (ERCOT), of which 90% is data centers. Which is why gov Abbott froze rollout of new data centers in Texas.
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 8, 2026
For context, ERCOT all-time… pic.twitter.com/sdl26FPmwL
Governor Greg Abbott pauses data center construction in Texas unless data centers can reduce water use and the net cost of electricity.
— AF Post (@AFpost) August 9, 2026
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Data center construction is a job that pays well.
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) August 9, 2026
Data center work is a set of jobs that pay well.
Data centers support tons and tons of jobs that pay well.
Data centers produce a ton of revenue, and with the right arrangement, a disproportionate amount can go to the local…