Data center developers in Texas plan massive gas power plant projects

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A rendering of Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County.

The power plant received the largest air pollution permit ...

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A rendering of Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County.

The power plant received the largest air pollution permit in the country this year.

(Rendering courtesy of Pacifico Energy) The 12 largest gas power projects planned in Texas are all specifically intended to run data centers, according to data from Global Energy Monitor, a nonprofit that maps and tracks energy infrastructure.

The volume of gas power generation planned in Texas has continued to surge, growing by 50% in the past six months, the report said - more than in any other country.

Permitting documents show that just a handful of mega-projects in Texas could emit more than 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a midsize industrialized country.

The projects also are expected to discharge tens of thousands of tons of other pollutants.

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A rendering of Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County.