Santa Fe County becomes latest New Mexico community to adopt data center moratorium

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 493

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Elected officials in Santa Fe County unanimously passed a temporary moratorium on data center developments Tuesday evening, becoming the latest New Mexico community to do so.

The pause on issuing development permits for data centers took effect immediately and will run for 18 months while county staffers develop regulations on water, energy, noise and more. While there are no pending data center proposals in Santa Fe, commissioners said they believed it was important to be …

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