[LWVNM Action] Fw: [Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM - Monthly Meeting - Thursday November 12th at Noon - Hyperscale Data Centers in New Mexico - Data Center and MicroGrid Study Committee

Fri Nov 6 08:30:27 MST 2026

Thanks.  Judy

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM Richard Mason via Action <
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> This is a hybrid meeting .
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> Dick Mason
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> *Subject:* [Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM - Monthly Meeting - Thursday November
> 12th at Noon - Hyperscale Data Centers in New Mexico - Data Center and
> MicroGrid Study Committee
>
>
> Please join us for our November Monthly meeting on November 12th at Noon.
> This is your opportunity to learn more about Hyperscale Data Centers and
> find out what they are. The Zoom Invitation is after the description.
>
> *  NOVEMBER EDUCATIONAL MEETING*
>
> *   Thursday, November 12th at Noon*
>
>
>
> *WHERE: **LWVCNM Offices Conference Room, 6739 Academy Rd. NE
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6739+Academy+Rd.+NE?entry=gmail&source=g>,
> ample parking available.   In person (members and guests only);  Zoom
> (members and general public)*
>
> *TOPIC:  HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS IN NEW MEXICO             *
>
> *SPEAKERS: THE DATA CENTER & MICROGRID STUDY COMMITTEE OF THE LWVCNM*
>
> *This will be a hybrid meeting at 12 PM with in-person attendance in the
> LWVCNM conference room.*
>
> The Data Center and Microgrid Study Committee will present information
> about its ongoing study for this general meeting of the League of Women
> Voters of Central New Mexico. The nine-member study committee has spent the
> last six months learning about data centers in New Mexico, their impact on
> the environment, the kinds of jobs they bring to the state, and the current
> state of the electric grid.
>
>
>
> There are more data centers in Albuquerque than any other area of the
> state. Of the four counties the Central New Mexico League covers, only
> Bernalillo and Valencia have operating data centers. The cluster of data
> centers in Albuquerque is mostly in the downtown area and are small scale;
> the largest draws about six megawatts. The Public Service Company of New
> Mexico’s electric grid has been able to absorb their power needs, and they
> have all received air quality permits for back-up generators and are
> connected to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority.
>
>
>
> Hyperscale data centers are different. Meta’s data center in Los Lunas
> began on a small scale and has over the past 10 years grown into a
> hyperscale data center. It has had a complex growth pattern, requiring that
> PNM design and build a separate electric substation, paid for by Meta.
> Meta’s growth was slow and manageable, but we are seeing a new wave of
> development in which an enormous project is announced and local communities
> are forced to react. Here’s what is happening all around us.
>
>
>
> Hyperscale data centers are bringing enormous change to New Mexico. They
> are defined by the Congressional Research Service as having more than 5,000
> servers in buildings of more than 10,000 square feet, and drawing more than
> 100 megawatts of electricity.
>
>
>
> Project Jupiter, a hyperscale artificial intelligence learning data center
> near Santa Teresa, is being built for Oracle and Chat GBT. It plans to
> build a fuel-cell microgrid capable of generating nearly as much power as
> the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), the largest investor-owned
> electric utility in the state, generates.
>
>
>
> Google has announced that it is exploring the possibility of building a
> 7-gigawatt hyperscale data center capable of generating about 3 times the
> amount of electricity generated by PNM near Hobbs in Lea County.
>
> What does that actually mean for our air quality, our water use, our
> economy, our landscape and our pocketbooks? We will have a chance to talk
> about the changes the data centers are bringing, and some things the state
> and local governments might do to enhance their positive impacts and
> mitigate their negative impacts.
>
>
>
> LWVCNM is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
>
> Topic: Hyperscale Data Centers in New Mexico
> Time: Nov 12, 2026 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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