Overview
- Amazon confirmed it is financing the GW Ranch project in Pecos County and has filed three construction permits for data center buildings while satellite images show land clearing underway.
- Project filings show 35 gas turbines and 7.65 gigawatts of capacity and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued an air permit with a ceiling near 33 million metric tons of CO2 per year.
- Amazon says the campus will run initially on on‑site, behind‑the‑meter generation that is designed to transition to grid connection and that it is exploring on‑site solar, 1.8 GW of battery storage and use of brackish groundwater.
- Environmental and public health experts note that large gas plants produce significant CO2, risk upstream methane leaks and emit fine particles, nitrogen oxides and hazardous air toxics that can affect local communities.
- The GW Ranch build fits a broader move by hyperscale tech firms to deploy private generation to avoid grid interconnection delays with roughly 59 similar projects totaling about 90 GW announced since early 2025, a shift that could reshape regional power markets and supply chains.