Data Center Registry
Green Data Socorro Campus
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico · All 2 Green Data sites
Green Data Socorro Campus is a cancelled data center in Socorro, New Mexico (Socorro County), operated by Green Data (Green Data Centers). The public record puts it at announced 2026, 2 GW planned, 10,000 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Green Data (Green Data Centers)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Socorro, Socorro County, NM
- Coordinates
- 34.0584, -106.8914 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 2 GW planned
- Land
- 10,000 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Solar
- On site generation
- 10 GW
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- June 2, 2026CancelledNew Mexico Tech President Michael Jackson said the university would not proceed and would not renew or extend its agreement with Green Data, citing insufficient contiguous acreage, renewable-integration challenges and community concerns. Source: DatacenterDynamics
- 2026ProposedGreen Data CEO Jason Bak pitched a 2 GW data center backed by a 10 GW solar array on New Mexico Tech land at a public Socorro Electric Cooperative board meeting. Source: El Defensor Chieftain / Albuquerque Journal
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Green Data Socorro Campus in Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Months of opposition from ranchers and environmentalists; petitions drew thousands of signatures and Socorro County commissioners unanimously adopted a one-year data center moratorium on June 9, 2026.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Months of opposition from ranchers and environmentalists; petitions drew thousands of signatures and Socorro County commissioners unanimously adopted a one-year data center moratorium on June 9, 2026.
Power and water
Developer proposed a 10 GW solar farm to power the 2 GW campus, pitched as a renewable-led development.
Developer proposed 'atmospheric water generation' to pull cooling water from humidity rather than local aquifers; residents contested whether the technology is proven at this scale.
Notes on the record
Never permitted or built. New Mexico Tech declined to proceed on June 2, 2026 and the county imposed a moratorium a week later; the developer subsequently pursued a separate proposal at Spaceport America in Sierra County. Neither Green Data nor CEO Jason Bak has previously completed a data center.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Green Data Socorro Campus in Socorro?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Green Data Socorro Campus in Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Months of opposition from ranchers and environmentalists; petitions drew thousands of signatures and Socorro County commissioners unanimously adopted a one-year data center moratorium on June 9, 2026.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Green Data Socorro Campus?
No lawsuit over Green Data Socorro Campus appears in the record we track as of August 8, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Green Data Socorro Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Green Data Socorro Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Green Data Socorro Campus, and how big is it?
Green Data (Green Data Centers) is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 2 GW. The site is recorded at 10000 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Green Data Socorro Campus," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/green-data-socorro-county-nm.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/green-data-socorro-county-nm, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Plans for 10,000 acre data center scrapped in Socorro, New Mexico · DatacenterDynamics · retrieved August 8, 2026
- 2.New Mexico county adopts yearlong data center moratorium · Source New Mexico · retrieved August 8, 2026
- 3.Developer plans 'world's largest' green data center in Socorro · El Defensor Chieftain / Albuquerque Journal · retrieved August 8, 2026
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