Amazon’s Texas AI data center faces a huge climate problem: 7.65GW gas plant could become America’s biggest source of CO₂ emissions in the US as tech giant races to power the AI boom

Amazon’s massive Texas AI data center is drawing environmental scrutiny after plans for a 7.65GW natural gas power plant revealed it could emit up to 33 million tons of CO₂ annually. The project raises fresh questions about Amazon’s 2040 net-zero pledge as AI’s soaring energy demand pushes Big Tech toward fossil-fuel-powered data centers.