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Amazon Texas Data Center Could Become Largest U.S. Emitter

Published 9 August 2026

Amazon is constructing a data center in Pecos County, Texas, that will be powered by a new onsite natural gas plant permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, a figure that would make it the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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