受 Google 支持的德州 Armstrong County 资料中心开发案正引发关注，因为文件显示 Goodnight 园区可能部分由一座私人天然气电厂供电，其年排放量超过 450 万吨温室气体，大致相当于再增加超过 970,000 辆汽油车上路。该专案由 Crusoe 建设，并与 Google 在德州更广泛的 400 亿美元 AI 投资有关，工程于 5 月开工；Google 之后表示，该专案有风力发电协议，但这个特定设施的天然气并没有签订合约。

1 月提交的许可文件显示，该园区有 6 栋建筑，其中前 4 栋接入电网，第 5 和第 6 栋由现场天然气电厂供电。另一份提交给 Texas Public Utility Commission 的文件列出，该园区有超过 900 兆瓦的天然气和 265 兆瓦的风力。产业报导也指出，随著电网接入延迟迫使资料中心开发商自行建置能源供应，业界正更广泛转向表后供电；Global Energy Monitor 估计，美国目前仅为资料中心开发中的燃气发电容量接近 100 吉瓦。

Goodnight 专案并不是规模最大的拟建化石燃料资料中心建设案，至少有 15 个美国专案比它更大；OpenAI 和 Oracle 的 Project Jupiter 每年可能排放 1400 万吨，而另一个与 Crusoe 有关的德州天然气专案则可能排放将近 800 万吨。Google 表示，其资料中心排放去年下降了 12%，尽管整体排放在 5 年内上升了近 50%，凸显气候承诺与 AI 驱动的用电需求之间的张力。政策制定者开始回应：3 名民主党参议员最近追问 AI 公司和开发商，为何选择天然气而不是再生能源；同时，白宫也透过一项主要是象征性、且不具约束力的承诺，推动由大型科技公司参与的新电力供应。

Google-backed data center development in Armstrong County, Texas, is drawing scrutiny because documents indicate the Goodnight campus could be partly powered by a private natural gas plant with annual emissions of more than 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gases, roughly equal to adding more than 970,000 gas-powered cars to the road. The project is being built by Crusoe and is tied to Google’s broader $40 billion AI investment in Texas, with construction starting in May and Google later saying it has an agreement for wind power but no contract in place for gas at this specific facility.

The permit filed in January says the campus has 6 buildings, with the first 4 connected to the grid and the 5th and 6th powered by the on-site gas plant. A separate Texas Public Utility Commission filing lists more than 900 megawatts of natural gas and 265 megawatts of wind for the campus. Industry reporting also points to a broader shift toward behind-the-meter power as grid interconnection delays push data center developers to build their own energy supply, and Global Energy Monitor estimated nearly 100 gigawatts of gas-fired power are in development in the US solely for data centers.

The Goodnight project is not the largest proposed fossil-fueled data center buildout, with at least 15 US projects larger than it; OpenAI and Oracle’s Project Jupiter could emit 14 million tons a year, and another Crusoe-linked Texas gas project could emit almost 8 million tons. Google says its data center emissions fell 12 percent last year even as overall emissions rose nearly 50 percent over 5 years, highlighting the tension between climate claims and AI-driven power demand. Policymakers are starting to respond: 3 Democratic senators recently pressed AI firms and developers on why they are choosing natural gas over renewables, while the White House has promoted new energy supply through a mostly symbolic nonbinding pledge involving major tech companies.