Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.
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    It would also be in stark defiance of Amazon’s stated climate goals, which center on reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

    That’s not lost on the tech giant. But as Amazon spokesperson Margaret Callahan told the NYT, the “world looks different now than when we co-founded the climate pledge.”

    “We’re being transparent about the challenges, investing in innovation, and delivering measurable results,” Callahan continued. “Growth and sustainability don’t have to be in opposition — in fact, our results show they reinforce each other.”

    That is so cynical.

    The USA and its legislation (10 year moratorium on all AI regulation) is what changed.

    The world is continuously and slowly going in the same direction since they “pledged”. Nothing has changed there.