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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US

Aug 09, 2026 · curated by Catalyst Web Trendz

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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