Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco
By Dara Kerr, The Guardian
Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco
Google’s plan to partner with a natural gas power plant to supply energy to one of its data centers in Texas was unearthed by new research and confirmed by the company. The move is part of an ongoing about-face for the tech giant, which once pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030 and has long been seen as a pioneer in clean energy.
The gas power plant is slated for construction in Armstrong County, a sparsely populated area in the Texas Panhandle. According to a report by the research organization Cleanview, the project is being led by Crusoe Energy, which partnered with Google to develop the datacenter campus known as “Goodnight”, named after a nearby town.
Crusoe filed for a permit in January to build the 933-megawatt power plant on the site of the Goodnight campus, indicating the facility would operate off the grid and supply energy to at least two buildings on campus, according to Cleanview. Satellite images commissioned by Cleanview confirm construction is well under way.
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