Lea County, New Mexico is located in the Permian Basin and has become a significant source of natural gas and power generation capacity that serves Texas datacenters through regional energy markets.
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March 20, 2026
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Developers Stopped Waiting for the Grid. Now They're Building Around It.
Lea County, New Mexico, unanimously approved the first of up to 10 regulatory revisions targeting datacenter development before a single facility breaks ground.
Early reports suggest New Era Energy & Digital has signed a land option for roughly 3,500 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, targeting a 7GW campus powered by 2GW-plus natural gas and 5GW-plus nuclear, with initial power delivery in 2028.