Amazon Behind Massive Private Gas Plant for New Data Centers
The project would emit more than 30 million metric tons of greenhouse gases a year and could become the nation’s largest single pollution source.
- According to The Distilled newsletter reported Friday, Amazon is building a 7.65-gigawatt gas power plant in Pecos County, Texas, to power artificial intelligence data centers at a site known as GW Ranch.
- The facility is permitted to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, making it the largest pollution site in the United States, according to state permits reviewed by market intelligence company Cleanview.
- An Amazon spokesperson stated the plant will avoid raising electricity costs for Texas families and will use "non-potable, brackish groundwater" to minimize watershed pressure.
- Amazon joins Microsoft, Google, and Meta in developing off-grid gas power infrastructure, leveraging its portfolio of 10 gigawatts of carbon-free energy across 40 projects in Texas.
- The project creates tension with Amazon's commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 under The Climate Pledge, as the facility will emit significant greenhouse gases and methane.
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Technology and e-commerce giant Amazon is developing a gas plant in Texas dedicated to its data centres, a huge project that raises serious environmental issues Amazon
The structure, which is expected to contain 35 turbines with a total capacity of 7.65 gigawatts, could become the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The US giant claims to maintain its neutral carbon balance target by 2040.
According to AFP, a new power plant paid for by Amazon could become the gas-fired power plant that emits the most CO2 in the United States.
Amazon has a huge gas plant built in Texas that could become the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, confirmed on Friday the US technology giant.
Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers
It is the latest example of tech giants going off the grid to get their AI operations online faster. The news was first reported by market intelligence company Cleanview, which reviewed satellite imagery to connect three data center construction permits filed this week by Amazon to the gas plant, which is being developed by Pacifico Energy and is known as GW Ranch. Previously filed permits for the plant show it would have 35 turbines and genera…
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