Lea County
2 data center projects we know about. 6 cities, towns and unincorporated areas.
Projects
Google data center (being explored in Lea County)
unknown, Lea County
for Google
🕒 Sept 14, 2026: Google announced it is exploring a data center in Lea County and is talking with local o…
ProposedNew Era Energy & Digital AI data center campus (near Caprock)
Unincorporated Lea County, Lea County
3,500 acres
🕒 Nov 6, 2025: New Era Energy & Digital announced a land option for about 3,500 acres for a 7 GW AI dat…
Local votes and rules
📌 Other · Lea County
County commissioners agreed to consider more than $134 billion in tax-break bonds (industrial revenue bonds) for a Google data center with partner Excelsior: two large buildings on 1,890 acres of county-owned land, plus a solar field about 3 miles away. No final bond vote yet. The state Board of Finance must also review any county land sale.
📌 Other · Lea County
County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution with guidelines for data centers. Data centers on the public power grid must not raise rates for homes or businesses. Operators must publish yearly water use, split by use. Water-hungry evaporative cooling is not allowed.
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