Citing Trump, GOP regulators reject gas plant for Amazon data center

September 20, 2026

Republican regulators on Friday threw a wrench in Amazon’s plan to power a $10 billion data center project in North Carolina — citing President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

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