The new 49.5-megawatt solar facility supplying renewable energy to the Facebook data center in Los Lunas came fully online this month. More firms are interested in locating facilities in the state, emphasizing access to clean power. (Courtesy of PNM)
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Public Service Company of New Mexico announced the inauguration this month of a new 50-megawatt solar facility in Cibola County to provide clean energy to Facebook’s massive data center in Los Lunas.
It’s the sixth solar farm built by PNM and third-party developers since 2018 to directly provide Facebook with 100% renewable-based electricity to run its operations in Valencia County, where the social media giant is investing $2 billion to build out an enormous data storage and processing complex that will eventually employ 400 permanent workers housed in eight sprawling high-tech…
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