Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Hidalgo County, New Mexico has 13 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 12 operating plants totaling 297 MW and 1 planned project totaling 1.7 MW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 274 MW across 6 projects.
Hidalgo County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 2 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
of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 1.7 MW planned across 1 project against 297 MW operating.
Technology mix
13 projects, 298.7 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
12 plants operate inside Hidalgo County, 297 MW. The queue adds 1.7 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Hidalgo County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 6 | 274 |
| Geothermal | Operating | 5 | 19.2 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 3.8 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 1.7 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1.7 |
Hidalgo County against its neighbors
None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Luna County has the most operating generation among them, 1.1 GW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna County | 0 | 8 | 0x | ||
| Hidalgo County this page | 0 | 2 | 0x | ||
| Grant County | 0 | 5 | 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.
3 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Hidalgo County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Hidalgo County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Hidalgo County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 13 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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