Plans for 10,000 acre data center scrapped in Socorro, New Mexico

Plans to build a 2GW, 10,000-acre data center in Socorro, New Mexico, have been scrapped following widespread backlash to the proposal.

Back in March, data center developer Green Data floated the idea of developing a 10GW solar farm that would power a 2GW data center located on land owned by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

– Green Data

If permitted, this would have been the largest data center in New Mexico.

But the President of New Mexico Tech, Michael Jackson, said in a statement on June 2 that they would not be proceeding with the project.