Climate advocacy org urges New Mexico leaders to adopt data center moratorium

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 764

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The climate advocacy organization Food and Water Watch on Tuesday published a report urging New Mexico lawmakers to adopt a data center moratorium, citing high levels of estimated air pollution and water usage.

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The report, titled “New Mexico Needs a Data Center Moratorium Now,” found that hyperscale data centers — which are typically used for artificial intelligence models, as opposed to the smaller cloud-computing data …

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