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

A data center facility 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, which already operates more data center facilities globally than any other organization, has secured […] The post Amazon is building a new AI data center in Texas that could become the country’s largest source of carbon emissions appeared first on Silicon

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