AI's energy appetite drives Nvidia and Amazon to pour billions into massive power infrastructure
The AI industry's hunger for power keeps growing. Nvidia is investing up to $3 billion in Lancium, a power infrastructure developer that already has four gigawatts under contract in Texas. Amazon, meanwhile, is building a gas-fired power plant in the state with a capacity of up to 7.65 gigawatts that could emit 33 million tons of CO₂ per year, making it the dirtiest in the country. The article AI's energy appetite drives Nvidia and Amazon to pour billions into massive power infrastructure appear
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Published: 9 August 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Environment · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 10 August 2026
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