Texas energy company seeks federal approval for pipeline through New Mexico to power data center

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 665

Last Updated: 6 days, 8 hours ago

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A Texas energy company has applied to build a 17-mile pipeline in Doña Ana County in order to help power a controversial data center in Southern New Mexico.

Several southern New Mexico Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups plan to lodge objections to Houston-headquartered Energy Transfer’s proposal for the $60 million pipeline, which it filed in February with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The project would pipe 400,000 dekatherms of gas daily to power plants …

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