Amazon says site preparation is underway for Somervell County data-center campus

Amazon says site preparation is underway for a data-center campus on Vistra-owned land in unincorporated Somervell County, near Glen Rose and beside the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. The company described the project in a November 5 announcement.

The campus is expected to support at least 550 full-time positions, Amazon said. Development will take place in phases. The jobs figure is a company expectation, rather than a count of positions already filled.

Amazon says power would reach the campus through dedicated transmission lines from the neighboring nuclear plant to an on-site substation. Its announcement does not specify the campus acreage, power capacity or an opening date.

Photo: Michael Barera, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, August 12, 2017. Commons crop by MarginalCost, reused without further pixel changes under CC BY-SA 4.0. Shown as historical context, not Amazon's planned campus.