{"id":15055,"date":"2026-08-09T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2026-08-09T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:01:00","slug":"an-amazon-data-center-could-have-the-worst-polluting-power-plant-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15055","title":{"rendered":"An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Terrence O\u2019Brien<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 8, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic image of a data center.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/STKS528_DATA_CENTERS2_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/08\/climate\/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html\"><em>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&#8217;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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.cleanview.co\/p\/scoop-amazon-is-behind-one-of-the\"><em>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/977124\/amazon-data-center-worst-polluting-power-plant\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/977124\/amazon-data-center-worst-polluting-power-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; August 8, 2026 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. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15055\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}