Being built
GW Ranch off-grid power and Amazon data center campus (north of Fort Stockton)
Also called: GW Ranch, Project Pacifico, AWS GW Ranch
A huge off-grid campus is being built north of Fort Stockton, with its own gas power plant bigger than any U.S. coal plant. Amazon holds the site for data centers. The air permit allows up to 33 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.
Where things stand: State air permit for 7.65 gigawatts of gas power approved in early 2026. Amazon filed plans for data center buildings in August 2026, and satellite images show work underway.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 2026): Amazon filed state building plans for three data center buildings at the site.
What we know
- 📍 WhereAbout 17 miles north of Fort Stockton along Highway 18, Unincorporated Pecos County, Pecos County
- 🏢 CompanyPacifico Energy (power plant); Amazon Data Services, Inc. (data centers)
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon Web Services
- 🌳 Size8,000 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs7,650 megawatts (about as much as 6,120,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromIts own private gas power plant (35 turbines, up to 7.65 gigawatts), plus up to 750 megawatts of solar and 1.8 gigawatts of batteries. Not connected to the Texas grid.
- 🗼 New power linesNo
- 💧 WaterCompany says it will need no major outside water source
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Did Pecos County give Amazon or Pacifico a tax break? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much groundwater will the campus and power plant use? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many permanent jobs will there be? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Jan 26, 2026Pacifico Energy said it got a state air permit (TCEQ) for 7.65 gigawatts of gas power, the largest such permit in the U.S.
- Aug 2026Amazon filed state building plans for three data center buildings at the site.
🛰️ See it from above
An aerial photo of the area.
We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Massive AI data center coming to Pecos County · Big Bend Sentinel · Feb 4, 2026
- GW Ranch · Pacifico Energy · 2026
- Amazon's new Texas data center campus could become nation's largest polluter · San Antonio Current · Aug 2026
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