Amazon's new Texas AI data center could become the biggest CO2 polluter in the US — 7.65GW facility gets permit to spread 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases, despite Amazon's clean energy pledge
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A single 7.65 GW AI data center permitted for 33 million tons of CO₂ a year makes AI infrastructure a frontline climate and permitting issue, not a back-office IT choice. If your AI roadmap depends on hyperscale partners, you need a credible emissions and community-impact story — regulators and local politics are now a real dependency.
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