Country’s Largest Air Pollution Permit Issued to Power Plant for Data Centers in West Texas, Developer Says

The Texas environmental regulator has issued the largest air pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of gas power plants and data centers near the Permian Basin oilfields in Pecos County, Texas. The 7.65 gigawatt GW Ranch project by Pacifico Energy is among a wave of similarly colossal gas power and data center developments in Texas that are fueling the state's rapid growth as the global epicenter of this type of infrastructure.