Published August 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
TechCrunch
Aug 11, 2026, 6:00 AM
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US
AI has already had a significant impact on Amazon’s carbon emissions, which it reported were up 16% last year — the wrong direction for a company that pledged to eliminate its carbon emissions by 2040.
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