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Amazon is backing what could become the largest gas power plant in the US to run its first off-the-grid data center, despite its climate pledges.

The project underscores how AI compute demand is pushing cloud providers toward fossil-fuel infrastructure.

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Amazon is backing what could become the largest gas power plant in the US to run its first off-the-grid data center, despite its climate pledges. The project underscores how AI compute demand is pushing cloud providers toward fossil-fuel infrastructure.