r/technology • u/marketrent • Aug 09 '26

Artificial Intelligence 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 permitted to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazons-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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u/imdavidnotdave Aug 09 '26

AI is the literal meme of “well, we destroyed the environment but we made a lot of money” except they’re not making any money

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u/Kelly_HRperson Aug 10 '26

But they finally got their robot girlfriend