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U.S. data-center footprint

New Mexico

DataCentersExposed tracks 17 AI data centers in New Mexico — 4 operating and 2 in the pipeline — across 7 counties, drawing 3.9 GW of reported power demand from 4 tracked corporate operators.

Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard

Reporting by · Updated May 29, 2026

Tracked
17
data centers
Operating
4
live today
Pipeline
2
proposed / building
Demand
3.9 GW
3 w/ capacity
Counties
7
touched
Operators
4
corporate parents
The story so far

New Mexico at a glance

The largest footprint in New Mexico belongs to Meta Platforms, Inc., behind 6 tracked facilities. CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera), H5 Data Centers, and Prime Data Centers round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.

Geographically, the buildout clusters: Bernalillo County leads New Mexico with 7 facilities and a composite risk score of 11/100. Valencia County and Doña Ana County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.

New Mexico is not done growing. 2 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.

We also surface the accountability trail: 6 recent news items are tracked for New Mexico below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.

Modeled scenario · not announced

2035 Buildout Outlook

via PNNL IM3 (CC BY 4.0)

Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 2 standardized 36 MW campuses in New Mexico by 2035 — roughly 72 MW of new electricity demand and ~70 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 5 campuses (180 MW). For scale, we currently track 17 real data centers in New Mexico (3.9 GW of reported power).

Modeled new campuses by demand-growth scenario
  • High growth2
    72 MW · ~70 M gal/yr cooling water
  • Higher growth5
    180 MW · ~174 M gal/yr cooling water

The model assigns ~100% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in New Mexico (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.

These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.

Who's building

Top operators in New Mexico

Where it's concentrated

County risk leaderboard

Risk methodology
Still contested

Pipeline & proposals

22 of 17 shown

All tracked facilities

FacilityOperatorStatusCountyMW
Zenith Volts Data CenterProposedChaves1,240
Project JupiterOpenAIUnder constructionDoña Ana County700
Green Data CenterWithdrawnSocorro2,000
123 CentralMapped (unverified)Bernalillo
505 MarquetteOperatingBernalillo
Centersquare Albuquerque (ABQ1)CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera)Mapped (unverified)
H5 Data Centers AlbuquerqueH5 Data CentersMapped (unverified)
HpcMapped (unverified)Bernalillo
Hobbs Data CenterOperatingLea
Information Systems FacilityMapped (unverified)Doña Ana
MetaMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
MetaMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
MetaMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
MetaMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
MetaMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
Meta Los Lunas Data CenterMeta Platforms, Inc.Mapped (unverified)Valencia
Molina HealthcareMapped (unverified)Bernalillo
New Mexico State Data Center (Simms Building)Mapped (unverified)Santa Fe
Oso GrandeOperatingBernalillo
Southwest CyberportOperatingBernalillo
UNM Data CenterPrime Data CentersMapped (unverified)Bernalillo
bigbyte.ccMapped (unverified)

Methodology & sources

Facility counts include operating, under-construction, proposed, and permitted sites. Capacity (MW) combines operator disclosures, interconnection-queue estimates, and research datasets; see each facility for provenance. County risk scores weight project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%), renormalized over measured factors.

Every row carries a confidence level (high / medium / low) and a source URL. Spot an error? Tell us.