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Stargate Abilene installed gas turbines and diesel generators under a rule-based permit

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The Texas Tribune reported that the Stargate Abilene site installed 10 gas turbines and 62 diesel generators under a rule-based permit. Permits for nine planned Texas data center gas plants exceed 130 million tonnes a year, a permitted maximum rather than measured emissions.

What?
Stargate Abilene in Texas installed 10 gas turbines and 62 diesel generators under a rule-based permit, The Texas Tribune reported. The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
Where?
Abilene, Texas The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
When?
Permits and installations were reported in a Texas Tribune article dated 9 July 2026. The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
Who?
Gained
  • OpenAI, Oracle and Crusoe (Stargate Abilene) — A data center site powered on site by gas turbines and diesel generators under a rule-based permit
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Air and climate — The Tribune reports that planned Texas data center gas plants could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
Why?
The Tribune ties the planned gas plants to data center electricity; the reasons the companies give for the turbines are reported but not verified. The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
How?
The turbines and diesel generators were installed under a rule-based permit, with a permit limit of 1.6 million tonnes a year for the Abilene site. The Texas Tribune (Floodlight)
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What happened

The record, in order.

The Texas Tribune reported on 9 July 2026 that permits for nine planned Texas data center gas plants exceed 130 million tonnes a year.

The Tribune said these figures are permitted maximums, not measured emissions.

The Tribune reported that Stargate Abilene installed 10 gas turbines and 62 diesel generators under a rule-based permit, with a permit limit of 1.6 million tonnes a year.

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    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Abilene site has 360 megawatts of gas generation.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the operators describe the turbines as backup only.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: a home about 500 yards from the site was not notified of the permit.
    • None on record The sources do not state the site's actual emissions or operating hours.

    Did the harm stop?

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    Who paid?

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