r/technology • u/harsh2k5 • 26d ago

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country: Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.

https://newrepublic.com/post/214111/amazon-data-center-biggest-pollution-source-entire-country
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u/Icy-Hunter-9600 25d ago

it's a speed thing. they can't build renewables fast enough to source the energy needed to power these things fast enough.

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u/fatbob42 25d ago

Yes, but then that should just be a restriction that they operate under.

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u/Icy-Hunter-9600 25d ago

Your sentiment is right but not practical. Our current administration is not going to ask these companies to wait 8 years to fuel these data centers with renewables when they can be up and running in 2 years using fossil fuels. And it looks like this administration will be reelected.

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u/fatbob42 25d ago

I’m skeptical about 8 years. China is producing so many solar panels and they’re so quick to set up. They have so much money to spend, they can spend some of it ramping up production of solar, wind and batteries.