Regulators approve 3,000-acre Amazon data center in Wharton County
The permits allow Amazon to draw millions of gallons of groundwater as it builds 10 to 13 data center buildings and promises 300 jobs.
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Regulators approve 3,000-acre Amazon data center in Wharton County - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Wharton County residents continue to express opposition to Amazon building a 3,000-acre data center in the rural farm community located roughly an hour south of Houston. Abbott announced his data center ban on Sept. 21. The Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District issued water permits to Amazon in May and earlier in September. The CBGCD permits allow Amazon to tap millions of gallons of groundwater a year and don't ap…
Amazon’s 3,000-acre data center in Wharton County, Texas moves forward despite Abbott’s data center “ban”
An hour south of Houston, a 3,000-acre digital fortress is rising from farmland while the governor's much-publicized data center ban dominates headlines. Regulators have approved Amazon's campus near Boling in Wharton County, even though Gov. Greg Abbott announced his crackdown on Sept. 21. The order is a pause on new state permits, not a prohibition, and it landed after Amazon's local groundwater permits were already issued. Key points: Abbott…
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