Data Center Registry
Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center
Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico
Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center is a proposed data center in Gallup, New Mexico (McKinley County), operated by Teraplex Data Centers LLC. The public record puts it at 330 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Teraplex Data Centers LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Gallup, McKinley County, NM
- Coordinates
- 35.5203, -108.8367 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 330 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 300 permanent; 2,500 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- 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.
- April 28, 2026ProposedGallup City Council deferred action on the treated-effluent option agreement amendment; the project has no approval and the effluent amendment was still unapproved as of mid-July 2026. Source: Gallup Sun
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. About a dozen residents spoke against the project at the April 28, 2026 Gallup City Council meeting, citing water rights and unfulfilled promises from similar projects; the council voted to defer the third amendment to the effluent option agreement, with the mayor the sole 'no' vote on deferral.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
About a dozen residents spoke against the project at the April 28, 2026 Gallup City Council meeting, citing water rights and unfulfilled promises from similar projects; the council voted to defer the third amendment to the effluent option agreement, with the mayor the sole 'no' vote on deferral.
Power and water
Developer describes a mix of on-site solar and natural gas generation and says the campus would not draw from Gallup's municipal power grid. No MW figure has been disclosed publicly.
Teraplex sought an option to buy up to 109.5 million gallons (about 336 acre-feet) of treated effluent annually from the City of Gallup at $5.66 per 1,000 gallons through 2040, reclaimed wastewater, not potable supply. Gallup's treatment plant processes about 2.3 million gallons per day. Heat-rejection method not disclosed, so coolingType is left unset.
Notes on the record
Proposed on the Gallup/McKinley County Regional Tradeport off Carbon Coal Road, north of Mentmore. Teraplex is a Washington, D.C.-based firm incorporated in late 2025; co-founder Greg Thompson is the public spokesperson, and he has named Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft only as example tenant types, not as signed tenants. Agreement terms require land purchase within four years and construction start within five years of purchase or the city may cancel. Coordinate is a locality-level approximation anchored on Mentmore/Gallup, not a parcel-confirmed point.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
- 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 Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center in Gallup?
Yes. Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. About a dozen residents spoke against the project at the April 28, 2026 Gallup City Council meeting, citing water rights and unfulfilled promises from similar projects; the council voted to defer the third amendment to the effluent option agreement, with the mayor the sole 'no' vote on deferral.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center?
No lawsuit over Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 15, 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 Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center 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 Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center, and how big is it?
Teraplex Data Centers LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 330 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Teraplex Gallup Tradeport Data Center," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/teraplex-gallup-tradeport-mckinley-county-nm.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/teraplex-gallup-tradeport-mckinley-county-nm, retrieved October 1, 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.Data center dilemma · Gallup Sun · retrieved September 15, 2026
- 2.New Mexico Data Center Policy, Gallup Tradeport entry and local ordinance table · Server Country · retrieved September 15, 2026
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