1 data center project in Unincorporated Lea County
Who decides here: the Lea County Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Lea County
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Local votes and rules
📌 Other
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
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Lea County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Lea County: Lea County Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Southwestern Public Service Co. (company) or Central Valley Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in New Mexico.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Has the company applied for a state air permit for the gas plants?
- Where will the water come from?
- Who would use the data centers?