Data centers in New Mexico
Every site we track in New Mexico, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until New Mexico certifies them.
- Deb Haaland (D), Governor-elect. Called by AP. source
Sites in New Mexico
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate Project Jupiter OpenAI / Oracle / STACK Infrastructure | Dona Ana | Under construction | not stated | 775 |
| Meta Meta | Valencia | Operating | 1,100 | more than 400 |
| Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center Zenith Volts Corp. | Chaves | Announced | not stated | 140 |
| 123 Central Owner not yet confirmed | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| 505 Marquette Owner not yet confirmed | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Atterix Raton Advanced Digital Hub Atterix LLC | Colfax | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Centersquare ABQ1 Centersquare (formerly Cyxtera Technologies / Evoque Data Center Solutions) | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Connect Albuquerque (Westpointe 40) Connect Data Centers (Oppidan Investment Company) | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Google Lea County Data Center Google | Lea | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| H5 Data Centers Albuquerque H5 Data Centers | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| HPC Owner not yet confirmed | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Hobbs Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Lea | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Information Systems Facility Owner not yet confirmed | Doã±A Ana | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Innova Data Center (Mesa del Sol) NOVA Corporation (Diné Development Corporation, Navajo Nation); operated by Innava Data Solutions | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory Strategic Computing Complex (Nicholas C. Metropolis Center) Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy / NNSA) | Los Alamos | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion Meta | Valencia | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Molina Healthcare Owner not yet confirmed | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| New Mexico State Data Center (Simms Building) Owner not yet confirmed | Santa Fe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Oracle Project Jupiter (Doña Ana) Oracle | Doña Ana | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Oso Grande Albuquerque Data Center Oso Grande Technologies, Inc. | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Show all 27 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell Information Park Roswell Information Park LLC (developer Sustany LLC) | Chaves | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Sandia National Laboratories 725E High-Performance Computing Data Center Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Department of Energy / NNSA) | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Site Layer 1 Data Center (Playas) Site Layer 1 LLC (Granite Renewables) | Grant | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Southwest Cyberport Owner not yet confirmed | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center Teraplex Data Centers LLC | McKinley | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| UNM Data Center Prime Data Centers | Bernalillo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| bigbyte.cc Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in New Mexico: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
Google Lea County Data Center: About 42,000 gallons a day in operation after a one-time 9.6 million gallon fill (developer estimate).
- In writing
- 1 published water figure in our sources for this state.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
Industrial revenue bond request of up to $130 billion across 30 years, plus a request to share 50% of state and county construction gross receipts tax (Google Lea County Data Center).
- In writing
- 1 sourced tax incentive record from state and local filings. See the records
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
- Google Lea County Data Center: Industrial revenue bond request of up to $130 billion across 30 years, plus a request to share 50% of state and county construction gross receipts tax.
From 1 signed or approved incentive record in our sources for this state. Terms are as published; we have not audited whether commitments were met.
Your officials in New Mexico
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Martin Heinrich D
Melanie A. Stansbury D
Teresa Leger Fernandez D
Incoming in January 2027
Deb Haaland D
"Let me be clear: If elected governor, we will not move forward with any new projects until the state has adopted robust protections along with strong enforcement mechanisms," source