New Era Lea County Data Center
A developer campus by New Era Energy & Digital in Lovington, NM, on the SPP grid. Status: proposed.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 7,000 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 315 MW running by 2030. That is about 0.6% of the SPP 2025 peak (56,000 MW).
At that level it would use about 2,070 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 192,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 20.5 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 2 of 4 bolts. Outlined bolts mean the campus is approved, announced or proposed and may not be built as planned.
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-023
- Campus
- New Era Lea County Data Center
- Developer / tenant
- New Era Energy & Digital
- Segment
- Developer campus
- Location
- Lovington, NM
- State / province
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Non-metro
- Grid region
- SPP
- Electric utility
- TBD
- Status
- Proposed (counts 15% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- Not disclosed
- Announced capacity
- 7,000 MW (Campus potential)
- Expected load by 2030
- 315 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 2,070 GWh
- Power supply
- Not disclosed
- Added gas burn, average day
- 20.5 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (2 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- D (Conflicting or estimated figures)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Largest US data centers by reported powerdcmap.us · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- U.S. data center trackerElectricchoice · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
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How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "New Era Lea County Data Center" (DC-023), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-023-new-era-lea-county-data-center/, updated November 3, 2026.