# Lea County Data Center > Proposed: a 7000 MW data center in Lea County, New Mexico, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/lea-county-data-center-nm-dc_7fe01ee01a51 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/lea-county-data-center-nm-dc_7fe01ee01a51.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. has proposed a 7000 MW data center in Lea County, New Mexico (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 7000 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **Site area:** 3,500 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **City:** Lovington (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **County:** Lea (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **State:** New Mexico (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Mixed sources (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Lea County Data Center | Proposed | 7000 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Lea County Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 15, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Lea County Data Center? New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Lea County Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Lea County Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/new-era-plans-7gw-ai-data-center-in-lea-county-new-mexico-powered-by-gas-and-nuclear/). Reported for 2026. ## Related records - [New Era Lea Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/new-era-lea-data-center-nm-dc_efd5419b83e8): Same operator - [Atterix Raton Advanced Digital Hub](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/atterix-raton-advanced-digital-hub-nm-dc_db5b25ae43f2): Same state - [Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/meta-los-lunas-ai-expansion-nm-dc_576deff06359): Same state - [Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/meta-los-lunas-data-center-campus-nm-dc_06ba57589581): Same state - [Project Jupiter (Stargate Santa Teresa Campus)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-jupiter-stargate-santa-teresa-campus-nm-dc_78bcc9c98d45): Same state - [Roswell Information Park](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/roswell-information-park-nm-dc_c177535a99ad): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/new-era-plans-7gw-ai-data-center-in-lea-county-new-mexico-powered-by-gas-and-nuclear/) · as of Sep 15, 2026 · record new-era-energy-digital-lea-county-data-center-nm - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/new-era-plans-7gw-ai-data-center-in-lea-county-new-mexico-powered-by-gas-and-nuclear/) · as of Jul 17, 2026 - [Albuquerque Journal (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_25b63826-6d2c-4b76-9747-e40d9d4d5819.html) · as of Jul 17, 2026 - [POWER Magazine (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-natural-gas-power-generation-planned-for-massive-new-mexico-data-center-site/) · as of Aug 8, 2026 - [Baxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://baxtel.com/data-center/new-era-energy-new-mexico) · as of Sep 3, 2026 - [Yahoo Finance / Business Wire (New Era Energy & Digital, Inc., Nasdaq: NUAI) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/era-energy-digital-enters-land-120000930.html) · as of Sep 15, 2026 - [New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.newerainfra.ai/) · as of Sep 15, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/lea-county-data-center-nm) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 140600567405137 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? Certify your approved invoices. Funders compete to fund them. Multiple offers. No notice of assignment. Free for businesses. - [Get offers](https://kapwork.com/app/register-originator?mode=express&flow=invoice_registration&source=growth_suite&intent=certify&return_to=%2Fapp%2Finvoices%2Fnew&entry_point=certify_public_directory) - [Talk to an expert](https://meetings.hubspot.com/kylemase/kapwork-intro-with-kyle-mauricio) ## Cite this page Kapwork Grow, "Lea County Data Center", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/lea-county-data-center-nm-dc_7fe01ee01a51, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.