Should Amazon's AI data centers get a pass on emissions because AI is "too important" to slow down?

Amazon's new 7.65GW Texas AI data center is powered by a custom 35-turbine gas plant permitted to emit about 33 million tons of CO2 a year — potentially the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, per Tom's Hardware. Is that an acceptable cost of the AI race, or a line that shouldn't be crossed?

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