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Amazon's 7.65-gigawatt Texas data center is permitted to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases, potentially making it the nation's largest industrial polluter. A Kansas town moved public meetings virtual after receiving death threats over its own AI data center project,
Amazon's 7.65-gigawatt Texas data center is permitted to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases—potentially making it the single largest industrial polluter in the country. The facility is drawing death threats. A Kansas town that proposed its own AI data center moved public meetings virtual after receiving similar threats.
The scale is hard to grasp until you see the comparison: 33 million tons annually is roughly what a mid-sized coal plant produces. Amazon's getting permitted to build what amounts to a major power plant to run AI models. The death threats signal real rage, but they're also a symptom of how little recourse people feel they have. Communities aren't consulted meaningfully; permits are approved; infrastructure appears. The threats are awful, but they're not random—they're a response to feeling powerless in the face of decisions that harm their environment.
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