New Mexico Data Center Intelligence

Mapped New Mexico data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every New Mexico county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 17 data center buildings are mapped in 4 of its 33 counties, and businesses pay 11.01¢ per kWh for power, 18% below the US average.

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Where are New Mexico's data centers?

17 mapped buildings sit in 4 of New Mexico's 33 counties. Bernalillo County has the most: 9.

Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

Inland flooding is the most common risk: 2 of the 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for it.

Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

All 33 counties as a table

What will a New Mexico site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

Business power in New Mexico costs 11.01¢ per kWh, 18% below the US, and demand grew 3.9% since 2019.

What do businesses pay for power?

11.01¢ per kWh in 2025, 18% below the US average of 13.37¢.

Businesses17th cheapest of 51
New Mexico
11.01¢
US
13.37¢

How fast is business power demand growing?

Business power use in New Mexico grew 3.9% since 2019, slower than the US (+10.5%).

What makes New Mexico's power?

39.4 TWh generated in 2025: wind 37%, natural gas 27%, coal 21%.

Wind37%
Natural gas27%
Coal21%
Solar16%

Under 1% each: hydro, geothermal, other biomass, petroleum. Other (EIA's catch-all) used more power than it made, so it is left out.

How much new power is proposed?

7,907 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, about two-thirds of today's 13,191 MW: wind 49%, solar 26%, other 16%, natural gas 9%.

Wind3,840 MW
Solar2,076 MW
Other (EIA's catch-all)1,254 MW
Natural gas737 MW

Which grid would a New Mexico site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

No ISO/RTO covers 52.7% of New Mexico's power sales; wildfires cost it most.

Which grid serves New Mexico?

Most of New Mexico has no ISO/RTO : utilities balance their own areas for 52.7% of retail sales.

SPP47.2%
No ISO/RTO52.7%

Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

How much water do New Mexico's power plants use?

New Mexico's power plants took in 9.2 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned about 5%; 8.7 billion gallons were used up .

Returned 5.4%Used up 94.6%

Which hazards cost New Mexico most?

Wildfires are New Mexico's biggest risk (relatively high) ; the rest rate moderate or lower.

WildfireRelatively high
Inland floodingRelatively moderate
DroughtRelatively moderate
Heat waveRelatively low
TornadoRelatively low
EarthquakeRelatively low
HurricaneVery low

Which AI campuses are being built in New Mexico, and how big will they be?

New Mexico has 2 AI campuses on the list; 1 is being built. It, OpenAI Stargate New Mexico, is planned at 1,750 MW , full size by Dec 2028.

OpenAI Stargate New MexicoDoña Ana County
1,750 MWexpected first online Dec 2028 · full size Dec 2028

Bars: IT power expected at full size . Dates are Epoch AI's own estimates .

Other AI campuses in New Mexico: Meta Los Lunas.

Who uses it, and what do they see first?

Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of New Mexico's 33 counties.

Land-use and energy lawyers

Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

Bernalillo County9 mapped · risk relatively high
Valencia County5 mapped · risk relatively moderate
Doña Ana County2 mapped · risk relatively high

4counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

Land and industrial brokers

Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

Bernalillo County9
Valencia County5
Doña Ana County2
Santa Fe County1

9mapped buildings in Bernalillo County, the most in New Mexico

Site selection teams

Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

4of 33 counties have mapped data centers

Utilities and power buyers

Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

New Mexico+3.9%
US+10.5%

+3.9%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

Insurers and lenders

Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

Inland flooding2 of 4
Drought1 of 4
Wildfire1 of 4
Heat wave0 of 4

3of 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

Investors and analysts

Track AI campuses being built, their owners and users. Bars: MW expected at full size.

OpenAI Stargate New Mexico1,750 MW

1,750MW planned at 1 AI campus being built

What's inside New Mexico Data Center Intelligence?

One app for all 33 New Mexico counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with New Mexico's real data.

The Intelligence app

Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

app.camsahead.com/intelligence/new-mexico

OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI

17mapped buildings

2AI campuses

11.01¢business power, per kWh

−2.6%business demand, last 12 months

Watchlist	Mapped	Flood	Heat	Drought
Bernalillo County	9	high	moderate	low
Valencia County	5	moderate	low	low
Doña Ana County	2	high	moderate	high
Santa Fe County	1	moderate	low	moderate

Hearings and filings

Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

Hearings · New Mexico

New Mexico · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas

Bernalillo County9 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Valencia County5 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Doña Ana County2 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Santa Fe County1 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

Alerts

New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

Alerts · New Mexico

Power demandBusiness power sales −2.6% on the year before: 9.3 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
Site riskBernalillo County (9 mapped buildings) rates Relatively high for inland floodingFEMA National Risk Index
AI campus being builtOpenAI Stargate New Mexico: 1,750 MW of IT power expected · first online Dec 2028 · full size Dec 2028Epoch AI

Data API

County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

api.camsahead.com

GET /v1/counties/35001

{
  "fips": "35001",
  "name": "Bernalillo County",
  "state": "NM",
  "pop2025": 667601,
  "pop_change_2020_pct": -1.3,
  "density_per_sqmi": 574.9,
  "nri": {
    "risk_rating": "Relatively High",
    "ifld": {
      "rating": "Relatively High",
      "score": 96.3

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    },
    "hwav": {
      "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
      "score": 95.4
    },
    "drgt": {
      "rating": "Relatively Low",
      "score": 57.8
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "rtos": [],
    "utilities_n": 3
  },
  "state_power": {
    "commercial_cents_kwh": 11.01,
    "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
    "as_of": "2025"
  }
}

What does it cost?

New Mexico Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

New Mexico Data Center Intelligence$390 a month

The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
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Data APIFrom $999 a month

County, power, risk and project data as JSON
Keys for your own tools and models

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Public bodies$4,680 a year

Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
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What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

Sources and updates

How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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