Data Center Registry
Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center is a permitted data center in Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County), operated by Zenith Volts Corp. The public record puts it at 1.2 GW planned, 300 acres. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Zenith Volts Corp.
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Roswell, Chaves County, NM
- Coordinates
- 33.1400, -104.5200 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.2 GW planned
- Land
- 300 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
- 140 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- 2026PermittedChaves County Commission approved; 300-acre initial footprint within an 8,500-acre approved site; targets November 2027 operational. Source: PR Newswire
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 3, 2026. Chaves County Commission approved the special-use permit for the project on August 22, 2025; no organized opposition or dissent is reported across multiple independent news accounts of the approval.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Chaves County Commission approved the special-use permit for the project on August 22, 2025; no organized opposition or dissent is reported across multiple independent news accounts of the approval.
Power and water
Chaves County-approved plan integrates on-site solar, natural gas generators for backup, modular solar-thermal hybrid systems and a 250-acre battery energy storage system across the wider 8,500-acre site. The capacity of each individual power element has not been disclosed.
Plan calls for geothermal cooling; no water-withdrawal figure has been disclosed.
Notes on the record
Approximately 20 miles south of Roswell. Chaves County Commission approved; 300-acre initial footprint within an 8,500-acre approved site. On-site solar, gas, geothermal, and battery storage. Targets November 2027 operational; approximately 140 FTE jobs.
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
- 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.
- 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 Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center in Roswell?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 3, 2026. Chaves County Commission approved the special-use permit for the project on August 22, 2025; no organized opposition or dissent is reported across multiple independent news accounts of the approval.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center?
No lawsuit over Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 3, 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 Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County 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 Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center, and how big is it?
Zenith Volts Corp. is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 300 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center," updated September 3, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/zenith-volts-roswell-chaves-county-data-center-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/zenith-volts-roswell-chaves-county-data-center-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.Zenith Volts Corp secures county approval for scalable data center 20 miles south of Roswell, NM · PR Newswire · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Zenith obtains planning approval for 1.24GW data center project in Roswell, New Mexico · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.Chaves County (chavescounty.net) · retrieved July 26, 2026
- 4.Zenith obtains planning approval for 1.24GW data center project in Roswell, New Mexico · DatacenterDynamics · retrieved August 8, 2026
- 5.Pacifico, Zenith Volts and Fermi America propose gigawatt-scale energy solutions with BESS to feed US data centres · Energy-Storage.news · retrieved September 3, 2026
- 6.Zenith Volts Corp. Secures County Approval for Scalable Data Center 20 Miles South of Roswell, NM, Targeting Operation by November 2027 · PR Newswire · retrieved September 3, 2026
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