{"id":3352,"date":"2026-08-08T21:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/an-amazon-data-center-could-have-the-worst-polluting-power-plant-in-the-country\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:53:34","slug":"an-amazon-data-center-could-have-the-worst-polluting-power-plant-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/an-amazon-data-center-could-have-the-worst-polluting-power-plant-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times<\/em><\/a>. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, at least initially, would not be connected to the state’s power grid. Instead, its 35 natural-gas turbines would primarily deliver its 7.65 gigawatts of electricity to the new data center.<\/p>\n

According to Cleanview<\/em><\/a>, which tracks data centers and their associated power projects, GW Ranch received a permit from Texas allowing for the \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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