Site Layer 1 / AirLayer Advisory Grant County data center and gas plant (Playas)
Grant County, NM
Site Layer 1 LLC (managed by AirLayer Advisory LLC; linked to Corner VC) has announced Site Layer 1 / AirLayer Advisory Grant County data center and gas plant (Playas), a data center project in Grant County, NM. Reported capacity is 300 MW. A New York-registered entity, Site Layer 1 LLC (AirLayer Advisory), published notice of an NMED air-quality permit filing (planned Oct 1, 2026) for a 300.8 MW natural-gas generation facility (32 x 9.4 MW engines) to power a data center near Playas in Grant County's Bootheel. Residents formed 'No Data Centers in Grant County', Rep. Gabe Vasquez backed a moratorium, and county commissioners planned a one-year moratorium vote Sept 24, 2026. (Source dated 2026-09-05.).
- 300 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
Recorded changes
Community sentiment
Should this project be built?
What’s next
Election Day is in 10 days.
Latest news
Nothing written about this data center yet. The latest from Grant County, NM:
Records and documentation
No official documents on file for this data center yet.
Filings, approvals, ordinances and state law about it go here as they are found.
Site details
- County
- Grant County, NM
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Address
- Grant County, NM
- Stage
- Announced
Size: not on file
Map
Photos
Grant County data center proposal leaves key details unansweredAlbuquerque Journal
NM counties pass data center moratoriums. What next?Albuquerque Journal
New Mexico counties weigh data center studies after moratoriumsAlbuquerque Journal
12 States Push Back on New Mexico in Oracle Data Center Pipeline FightBloomberg
New Mexico lawmakers urge data center ratepayer protectionsAlbuquerque Journal
Oracle issues 'force majeure' notice to developer of New Mexico data center over energy delaysSiliconANGLE News
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
This bill would make data centers pay their own way for powerSalt Lake City Deseret News
For data center developers
