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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States

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Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States

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Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.
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    Concrete, steel girders, and server frames don’t combust easy, unfortunately.

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      “Jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams”…

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      You just need the right oxidizer.

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      We need an insider to charge the halon fire suppression systems with propane instead.

      Or half oxygen half acetylene.

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      I hear jet fuel melts steal beams.

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      Companies have directors and shareholders. They live somewhere.

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