Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country

Hafiz Rashid· Aug 8, 2026 · 5:27 PM UTC ·9 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 5 views

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Breaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/August 7, 2026/3:26 p.m. ETShare This StoryAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.Xavi Lopez/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesAmazon is quietly trying to build the biggest gas power plant in the country. The plant will be completely separate from Texas’s power grid, at least in the beginning, the permits show.

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▪Breaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/August 7, 2026/3:26 p.m.
▪ETShare This StoryAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.Xavi Lopez/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesAmazon is quietly trying to
▪The plant will be completely separate from Texas’s power grid, at least in the beginning, the permits show.

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Breaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/August 7, 2026/3:26 p.m. ETShare This StoryAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.Xavi Lopez/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesAmazon is quietly trying to build the biggest gas power plant in the country. The Distilled newsletter reported Friday that the megacorporation has bought land and acquired permits in Pecos County, Texas, for an AI data center powered by a 7.65 gigawatt gas power plant. The plant will be completely separate from Texas’s power grid, at least in the beginning, the permits show.

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