Amazon to finance huge US gas plant for data centres

South China Morning Post Saturday 08 August 2026, 09:25 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read

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Amazon has confirmed it is financing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It is the latest example of tech giants going off the grid to get their AI operations online faster. The news was first reported by market intelligence company Cleanview, which reviewed satellite imagery to connect three data centre construction permits filed this week by Amazon to the gas plant, which is being...

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