--- title: Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest... description: Amazon is planning a massive data center in Pecos County, Texas, with an on-site natural gas power plant permitted to release 33 million tons of CO2 per year —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/planned-amazon-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-climate-polluter-in-the-u-s--sdxv6fpwj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S. | daily.dev og:description: Amazon is planning a massive data center in Pecos County, Texas, with an on-site natural gas power plant permitted to release 33 million tons of CO2 per year —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/planned-amazon-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-climate-polluter-in-the-u-s--sdxv6fpwj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sDxv6fpwJ.png og:image:alt: Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S. **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon is planning a massive data center in Pecos County, Texas, with an on-site natural gas power plant permitted to release 33 million tons of CO2 per year — potentially making it the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States. This comes as Amazon's carbon emissions rose 16% last year, putting its 2040 net-zero pledge under serious strain. An Amazon spokesperson acknowledged the world "looks different now" than when the climate pledge was co-founded, while insisting the commitment remains unchanged. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much CO2 is Amazon's planned Texas data center power plant permitted to emit per year? The planned Amazon data center in Pecos County, Texas includes an on-site natural gas power plant permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide per year — more than any other power plant in the United States. 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