Pins matching place:"Lea County"

Planned. Google says it is exploring a potential data centre in Lea County, with discussions ongoing and many details outstanding. No capacity, final parcel, construction start or opening date is verified. Status is planned / exploratory, with no final investment decision asserted.

The Hobbs Energy Storage Project is a 75 MW / 300 MWh 4-hour utility-scale battery energy storage system located southwest of Hobbs in Lea County, New Mexico. Sited across approximately 12 acres of flat industrial land, the system interconnects directly into Southwestern Public Service Company's (SPS / Xcel Energy) 115 kV transmission network in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), reinforcing electrical reliability and smoothing energy supply across the energy-intensive Permian Basin.

Invenergy development of the Lea Clean Solar Energy Center in Lea County, New Mexico. Producing 110 MWac of utility-scale solar electricity near Lovington and Hobbs, the project interconnects with Xcel Energy Southwestern Public Service (SPS) 230 kV transmission lines in the Southwest Power Pool.

The Tip Top Solar Energy Center is a 220 MWac utility-scale photovoltaic generation facility developed by NextEra Energy Resources in southern Lea County near Jal and Hobbs, New Mexico. Encompassing approximately 1,800 acres in the Permian Basin, the facility interties with Southwestern Public Service Company's (SPS / Xcel Energy) 115 kV transmission line in SPP, supplying clean electricity to oilfield operations, industrial users, and regional communities.

Development of the Cunningham Solar II Clean Energy Center in Lea County, New Mexico. Generating 196 MWac of utility-scale photovoltaic power adjacent to the Cunningham Generating Station west of Hobbs, the project utilizes existing 230 kV and 115 kV Xcel Energy Southwestern Public Service transmission infrastructure in the Southwest Power Pool.

Lydian Energy is building the 75 MWac AC Ranch solar project (with a battery) in Lea County, New Mexico, to supply Western Farmers Electric Cooperative in the SPP market; no project cost has been published.

New Era Energy & Digital (Nasdaq: NUAI) signed a land option in November 2025 for about 3,500 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, for a planned 7,000 MW AI data center campus (more than 2,000 MW of gas generation plus 5,000+ MW of nuclear), with initial power expected in 2028; no cost has been published.

EIA plant 68579 lists Lydian Energy’s AC Ranch II in Lea County as 230 MW solar, with approvals pending and June 2029 proposed operation. This is separate from the 75 MW AC Ranch I plant 68578, even though their reported coordinates match.