El Paso County, Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 2 AI data centers in El Paso County, Texas — 0 operating and 1 in the pipeline, drawing 1.0 GW of reported power demand, led by Meta Platforms, Inc.. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
El Paso County, Texas has 2 tracked data centers and 1 in the development pipeline. Its composite data-center risk score is 4 out of 100 — see the breakdown above for which factors drive it.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 7
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in El Paso County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 1.0 GW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Meta Platforms, Inc. has the largest presence in El Paso County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta El Paso Data Center El Paso | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Under construction | 1,000 |
| Mdc El Paso | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the El Paso County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.