It doesn't need to be so, the asshole billionaires just don't give a single fuck about anyone but themselves. They don't even care about their kids.

Remember that Stargate SG1 episode where they find themselves into a huge underground facility that is under attack by external forces. Jack O'Neill accepts to pilot one of their drones to help defend the complex from a wave of bombers and is infuriated to learn that the attacker's bombers were manned while he believed they were unmanned.

That is what the Amazon data center is to me.

Torch it. Torch it before its too late.

It's in one of the sunniest places in the US too. 6.0 kWh/m²/day of solar irradiance. There's even already a relatively large solar farm in the same county.

Don't forget to use your paper straws people! It's the average person that causes harm to the climate, not businesses. Maybe we should give them more tax breaks.

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.”

What the fuck? They looked at the world recently and said "yeah, climate change isn't as much of a problem as it was before"?!?

can we use some patriot missiles for something patriotic?

Net zero doesn’t mean lowering pollution btw. Net zero means essentially cancelling out any pollution by planting trees, buying carbon credits, etc. It’s possible to be the biggest polluter and also net zero as a company. If that actually helps the planet is another story.

BUT it was ALSO create THREE whole jobs so it's WORTH it!

Welcome to costco, I love you

Shut it down.

I'm so glad I never procreated.

With any luck I'll croak before the worst effects of these decisions manifest.

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Amazon: "but but but! we have over 50,000 electric delivery vans, and we sent Capt Kirk to space!"

I know this will be buried but it seems Ai isn't worth anything really if these giant complexes are the price. Just straight up monetarily, who benefits?

Yay Texas the business-friendly state. As if billionaires aren’t raping the planet and all of us hard enough, the lone star state is always looking for way to pump their penises just a little bit bigger.

But the grid can’t handle EV or the “pollution” they create.

“Growth and sustainability don’t have to be in opposition — in fact, our results show they reinforce each other.”

Oh yeah, makes total sense guy.

It's all worth it if my plastic "made in China" hula dancer arrives in time so I can put it on my cars dashboard. /s

Imagine the local government decides they can't pull water anymore. Like several nuclear reactors having to shut down due to low river levels recently.

The picture of facility in vast desert is baffling.