Amazon is planning to build a data center on a property next to an existing Duke Energy gas plant in Hamlet, NC. But until the interconnection is built, power would come from 57 diesel generators proposed to be built next to the data center.
An Amazon data center in NC wants to use diesel power. Why there’s pushbackIn Richmond County, residents say they’re overburdened by air pollution. Would a diesel-powered data center worsen the problem?www.newsobserver.com