Statewide data center action in New Mexico
As of September 27, 2026, New Mexico has a data center moratorium under consideration (action taken Jul 2, 2026).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Four Democratic lawmakers (Reps. Cadena, Rubio, Chavez; Sen. Hamblen) announced bill to prohibit new large-scale data center projects statewide while developing impact evaluation framework; paired with data security protections and closing microgrid loophole under Energy Transition Act; to be introduced in 2027 session starting Jan 19
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read 2026-09-11
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in New Mexico.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- New Mexico briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in New Mexico
- Rio Communities (50 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-26
- Socorro County (66 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-09
- Santa Fe County (69 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-01-02
- Sierra County (124 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-01-22
- Colfax County (183 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Raton (183 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
All 7 tracked actions in New Mexico are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.