{"id":8536,"date":"2026-08-08T07:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/texas-data-center-amazon-is-building-the-most-polluting-power-plant-in-america\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:44:48","slug":"texas-data-center-amazon-is-building-the-most-polluting-power-plant-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/texas-data-center-amazon-is-building-the-most-polluting-power-plant-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Data Center:  Amazon Is Building the Most Polluting Power Plant in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_XYntlILl2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Amazon has confirmed it&#8217;s financially backing a massive private gas power plant in Texas \u2014 one that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The plant, known as &quot;GW Ranch,&quot; would generate 7.65 gigawatts across 35 turbines and is permitted to emit 33 million tons of CO2 annually, more than the country&#8217;s biggest coal plant.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; How satellite imagery connected Amazon&#8217;s new data center permits to the gas plant<br \/>\n&#8211; Why tech giants are building private &quot;behind-the-meter&quot; power instead of using the grid<br \/>\n&#8211; The health risks: particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and benzene emissions<br \/>\n&#8211; The contradiction with Amazon&#8217;s Climate Pledge to reach net-zero by 2040<br \/>\n&#8211; How Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle are pursuing similar off-grid gas projects<br \/>\n&#8211; Growing political backlash, even in deeply Republican rural Texas<\/p>\n<p>As AI infrastructure explodes, this is becoming one of the defining environmental stories of the tech industry. We break down the data, the players, and what it means.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more tech and energy breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>#Amazon #DataCenters #AI #ClimateChange #Texas #Pollution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has confirmed it&#8217;s financially backing a massive private gas power plant in Texas \u2014 one that could<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-92.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}