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Chevron-Tied Deal Brings Microsoft Texas Gas Plant for Data Centers

8/13/2026

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Tech Fuels Fossils

Microsoft signed a deal with Chevron to build a Texas gas plant for data centers.
Amazon plans to build the United States' largest fossil-fuel power plant to power its AI.
Oil and gas firms use AI to locate deposits, drill faster, and extract more, boosting output.
These AI-fuel collaborations raise climate impact by increasing fossil-fuel output and electricity use.

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SBTi Sets Standard

The Science Based Targets initiative issued a June voluntary standard requiring companies to report emissions from data and software used in fossil-fuel production starting in 2025.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is creating a new format to capture emissions from AI-enabled fossil-fuel activities.
Holly and Will Alpine left senior Microsoft posts in 2024 to launch the Enabled Emissions campaign, though Will Alpine now says his involvement has ended.

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Tech Fuels Fossils

Microsoft signed a deal with Chevron to build a Texas gas plant for data centers.
Amazon plans to build the United States' largest fossil-fuel power plant to power its AI.
Oil and gas firms use AI to locate deposits, drill faster, and extract more, boosting output.
These AI-fuel collaborations raise climate impact by increasing fossil-fuel output and electricity use.

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