Has AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak) had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak).

Where is AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak) located?

AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak) is in Glen Rose, Somervell County County, TX.

Proposed

AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak)

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Texas?

Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Glen Rose, Somervell County County, TX

Source: Primary source

AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak) is a proposed data center in Somervell County County, TX, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc..

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

~435-acre, up to 18 buildings next to Vistra Comanche Peak nuclear; ~$5B abatement filing.

Operator chain

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Amazon Data Services, Inc.
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AWS Project Spectrum (Comanche Peak)

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

823 ft

Unknown309923 · 69 kV

Transmission line

823 ft

46 kV line

Municipal water

Served

City Of Glen Rose

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to the operator (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.

Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source

Statewide cost of this incentive

Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Texas subsidies →

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Glen Rose El in Glen Rose, is 0.5 mi from this site (476 students). 4 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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