Site Layer 1 Data Center (Playas)
Site Layer 1 LLC (Granite Renewables) · , NM · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 31.96, -108.48
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- 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
- Proposed
A legal notice in the Silver City Daily Press announced plans to seek an NMED air quality permit for a data center powered by a natural gas-fired generation facility.
Underlying source
Source notes
Private ranchland (Hurt Cattle Co.) about 4.5 miles northeast of Playas and nearly 12 miles from Hachita, along N.M. 9, in southern Grant County. Coordinates are an approximate point derived from that description. The data center's size and end use are undefined, and the developer said it does not yet know the facility's end purpose. Linked to similarly named Site Layer 2 (Logan County, CO) and Site Layer 4 (Platte County, WY).
The public notice describes 32 natural gas engines at 9.4 MW each (300.8 MW total). At the Oct. 8, 2026 county commission meeting the developer instead presented a 715 MW solar plus 715 MW battery storage project, with possible future expansion to natural gas and a data center. Interconnection and large-load requests were pending or expected.
Sources and provenance
- In Silver City, rapid community response to local data center proposal · source retrieved 2026-10-17
- Grant County residents raise alarm over secretive proposed data center · source retrieved 2026-10-17
- Details scarce on Grant County data center proposal · source retrieved 2026-10-17
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.