Chaves County, New Mexico
Chaves County, New Mexico has 1.3 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 194.3 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 300 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 9.3% of New Mexico's data center MW.
Chaves County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Chaves County's own plants cover 15.5% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 300 MW.
Data centers by status
1 record, 1.3 GW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Chaves
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Zenith Volts | 1 | 1,250 |
Power generation in the county
8 plants operate inside Chaves County, 194.3 MW of solar and wind. The queue adds 300 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Chaves County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 6 | 179.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 225 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 75 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 15 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2 | 300 |
Chaves County against its neighbors
Lea County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 7 GW, more than Chaves County. 4 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea County | 2 | 1,753 | 3.8x | ||
| Chaves County this page | 1 | 300 | 6.4x | ||
| Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Roosevelt County | 0 | 2,350 | 0x | ||
| Otero County | 0 | 200 | 0x | ||
| Eddy County | 0 | 135 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownEvery record in Chaves County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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