AI's energy appetite drives Nvidia and Amazon to pour billions into massive power infrastructure

Nvidia is investing up to $3 billion in Lancium, a power infrastructure developer with four gigawatts under contract in Texas, while Amazon is building a gas-fired power plant in the state with up to 7.65 gigawatts capacity that could emit 33 million tons of CO₂ per year, making it the dirtiest in the country, according to The Decoder.

AI's energy appetite drives Nvidia and Amazon to pour billions into massive power infrastructure By Matthias BastianSource: The Decoder https://the-decoder.com The AI industry's hunger for power keeps growing. Nvidia /glossary/nvidia is investing up to $3 billion in Lancium, a power infrastructure developer that already has four gigawatts under contract in Texas. Amazon, meanwhile, is building a gas-fired power plant in the state with a capacity of up to 7.65 gigawatts that could emit 33 million tons of CO₂ per year, making it the dirtiest in the country. The article AI's energy appetite drives Nvidia and Amazon to pour billions into massive power infrastructure https://the-decoder.com/ais-energy-appetite-drives-nvidia-and-amazon-to-pour-billions-into-massive-power-infrastructure/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com . Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.