亚马逊数据中心配套电厂或成美国最大污染源之一
原标题：An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
AI 摘要
据《纽约时报》报道，亚马逊为支持其西得克萨斯州数据中心，投资建设了一座可能成为美国最大温室气体排放源之一的燃气发电厂。该电厂位于得克萨斯州佩科斯县，拥有35台天然气涡轮机，发电量7.65吉瓦，初期不接入州电网，主要供电给数据中心。其排放许可允许每年释放高达3300万吨二氧化碳，超过美国最大燃煤电厂。亚马逊已确认购买该场地并计划购电。此举引发对亚马逊气候承诺的质疑，其排放因AI需求已连续多年上升。
正文节选
To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, at least initially, would not be connected to the state’s power grid. Instead, its 35 natural-gas turbines would primarily deliver its 7.65 gigawatts of electricity to the new data c