Otero County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico has 8 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 6 operating plants totaling 193 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 200 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 243 MW across 6 projects.
Otero County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 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 planned than operating generation in Otero County. 2 projects in the queue would add 200 MW to the 193 MW operating today.
Technology mix
8 projects, 393 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
6 plants operate inside Otero County, 193 MW of solar and battery storage. The queue adds 200 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Otero County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 143 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 100 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 50 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 100 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 200 |
Otero County against its neighbors
Dona Ana County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.5 GW. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dona Ana County | 4 | 155 | 2.3x | ||
| Chaves County | 1 | 300 | 6.4x | ||
| Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Otero County this page | 0 | 200 | 0x | ||
| Sierra County | 0 | 0 | 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 Otero County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 8 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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