Zenith Volts Roswell / Chaves County Data Center

Facility record

Lifecycle

PermittedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

33.14, -104.52

Serving utility, source-reported

Not established

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

1240 MW

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. 2026Permitted

   Chaves County Commission approved; 300-acre initial footprint within an 8,500-acre approved site; targets November 2027 operational.

   Underlying source

Source notes

Approximately 20 miles south of Roswell. Chaves County Commission approved; 300-acre initial footprint within an 8,500-acre approved site. On-site solar, gas, geothermal, and battery storage. Targets November 2027 operational; approximately 140 FTE jobs.

Chaves County-approved plan integrates on-site solar, natural gas generators for backup, modular solar-thermal hybrid systems and a 250-acre battery energy storage system across the wider 8,500-acre site. The capacity of each individual power element has not been disclosed.

Sources and provenance

• Zenith Volts Corp secures county approval for scalable data center 20 miles south of Roswell, NM · source retrieved 2026-09-03
• Zenith obtains planning approval for 1.24GW data center project in Roswell, New Mexico · source retrieved 2026-08-08
• Chaves County (chavescounty.net) · source retrieved 2026-07-26
• Pacifico, Zenith Volts and Fermi America propose gigawatt-scale energy solutions with BESS to feed US data centres · source retrieved 2026-09-21
• Chaves County approves data center project amid rising demand for computing infrastructure · source retrieved 2026-09-15
• Chaves County approves data center project amid rising demand for computing infrastructure · source retrieved 2026-10-17
• Zenith Volts Corp. secures county approval for scalable data center 20 miles south of Roswell, NM · 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.