Lea County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico has 7 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.8 GW of planned generation across 12 projects. That is 52.1% of New Mexico's data center MW.
Lea County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 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. Lea County's own plants cover 26.3% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.8 GW.
Data centers by status
2 records, 7 GW
The data center pipeline
None of the 2 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Lea
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| New Era Energy | 1 | 7,000 |
| 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
26 plants operate inside Lea County, 1.8 GW. The queue adds 1.8 GW across 12 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Lea County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 15 | 1,384.2 |
| Solar | Operating | 6 | 117.1 |
| Solar | Planned | 7 | 1,102 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 3 | 545 |
| Wind | Operating | 4 | 307 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 36 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 106 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 366 |
| 2027 | 5 | 612 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 4 | 775 |
Lea County against its neighbors
Chaves County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.3 GW, 18% of Lea County's. 2 of the 3 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 this page | 2 | 1,753 | 3.8x | ||
| Chaves County | 1 | 300 | 6.4x | ||
| Roosevelt County | 0 | 2,350 | 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.
4 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
5 projects in Lea County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Lea County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 5 changes.
| 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 Lea County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 40 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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