#Texas

🚁 A military Apache helicopter crashed in Texas. On Wednesday, August 12, the aircraft crashed into a field near Fort Hood. Both pilots died. A fire broke out at the scene, covering 100 acres. An investigation is underway. #Texas #Apache #Crash

⚡️ **Amazon Builds a Gas Power Plant in Texas for AI** Amazon has supported the construction of the 7.65 GW GW Ranch plant in Pecos County to power its data centers. 📉 **Environmental Conflict:** A permit for emissions of up to 33 million tons of CO2 per year jeopardizes Amazon's promise to become carbon neutral by 2040. 🏗️ **Paradigm Shift:** Hyperscalers are moving to a "Power-First" principle and bypassing public grids by building their own energy sources. 🔍 **Facts:** The project was previously estimated at 5 GW (Pacifico Energy initiative); now Amazon is increasing the scale. The company is also considering nuclear power plants and diesel generators. #Amazon #AI #Energy #Texas #ClimateChange

🚨 Amazon is building a gas power plant in Texas for an AI data center. Emission permit — 33 million tons of CO2 per year! This could become the largest polluter in the US. The company justifies this with rising AI demand, but emissions have risen by 16%. #Amazon #AI #ClimateChange #Texas

⚡️ Virginia is changing the rules of the game for AI giants! 🏭 While Texas has halted data center construction, Virginia has introduced a strict infrastructure tax. Governor Spanberger has mandated that DC operators pay for all power lines to prevent bills from inflating for ordinary people. 📉 Electricity prices have already risen by 76%. 🏛️ Who pays for the future of AI — now decided by state laws.

🚀 Elon Musk announced the construction of TeraFab — the "most valuable building on Earth." The chip plant in Texas, covering 9.3 million m², will cost $16.8 billion and serve as the foundation for Optimus robots and AI. The project's scale is 50 times larger than the Pentagon! 🏭💻 #Tesla #SpaceX #ElonMusk #TeraFab

Meta* and BlackRock have joined forces to build a giant data center in Texas with a capacity of 1 GW. 💰 Investments in the El Paso project will amount to about $14 billion, with operations scheduled to begin in 2028. 🏗️

🚨 In Texas, a light aircraft Piper J3C-65 crashed into a residential home during an approach to land. The pilot has been hospitalized with injuries, while the residents of the house were unharmed. The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into the incident.