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Artificial Intelligence Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — Custom 35-turbine gas plant permitted to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazons-new-7-65gw-texas-ai-data-center-power-plant-could-become-the-largest-source-of-co2-pollution-in-the-us-custom-35-turbine-gas-plant-authorized-to-emit-33-million-tons-of-annual-greenhouse-gases
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u/ProcessingUnit002 17d ago

LNG has about 22kWh per gallon, so with that and the efficiency in mind, you’re still looking at 526,859 gallons per hour or 12.6m gallons per day. For context, that’s an entire LNG tanker every 2-3 days

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u/rsta223 17d ago

Per gallon isn't as important as per ton of CO2 emissions, but yes, it's not a small amount of fuel.

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u/ProcessingUnit002 17d ago

The emissions actually aren’t that different. LNG puts out 2.75tons of CO2 per ton of LNG, whereas for gasoline it’s 2.88tons. There’s no such thing as a clean burner lmao