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Amazon is building a new AI data center in Texas that could become the country’s largest source of carbon emissions

  • Mike Wheatley--SiliconANGLE News
  • published date: 2026-08-09 23:43:43 UTC

A data center facility currently being constructed by Amazon.com Inc. to host workloads for Amazon Web Services is set to become the single-largest source of pollution in the entire U.S., according to a report by the New York Times Saturday. The company, whic…

A data center facility currently being constructed by Amazon.com Inc. to host workloads for Amazon Web Services is set to become the single-largest source of pollution in the entire U.S., according t… [+5503 chars]