Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant

Chevron wants a Texas tax break for a data center power plant that would emit more CO2 than Jamaica

Chevron is seeking a massive Texas tax break for a new gas-fired power plant in West Texas — one that could be built to serve a Microsoft data center, not homes or the broader electric grid.  As Mother Jones reported in collaboration with Wired, the proposed plant could qualify for more than $227 million in tax savings over 10 years while emitting more planet-heating pollution each year than the entire country of Jamaica did in 2024. What's happ…

Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant

A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build a massive power plant. The energy won’t be going to residential customers, though. Instead, the gas plant will be used to power a data center whose eventual tenant could be Microsoft. Chevron subsidiary Energy Forge One has filed an application with the State Comptroller’s board to obtain a tax abatement for a power plant it’s building in Wes…