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Google Lea County Data Center

Google · Hobbs, NM · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
Not published
Coordinates
32.7, -103.25
Serving utility, source-reported
Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS)
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
Not published
Source record updated
2026-10-17

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

  1. Proposed

    Google announced it is exploring a potential data center in Lea County; it is in the very early stages and many details remain outstanding.

    Underlying source

Source notes

The site is roughly five miles outside the western edge of Hobbs, on county-owned land under an option-to-purchase agreement with Excelsior Hobbs Power LLC, Google's partner. A sale needs State Board of Finance review. Google has disclosed no capacity, investment, acreage or timeline. Coordinates are an approximate point about five miles west of Hobbs, not a parcel location. This is a different site from New Era Energy & Digital's Lea County campus near Caprock.

Google's project site says the power plan is still being finalized. It is likely to be mostly clean energy (solar, wind, batteries) with some gas-fired firming, designed with SPS. Google says it will pay for 100% of the energy it uses and the infrastructure it requires.

Sources and provenance

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.

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