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· PROJECT DOSSIER
FILE #86911A25 · UPDATED 2026-05-14
1300 MW · PERMIT APPROVED
Zenith Volts Chaves County Data Center
Rumored
Announced
Proposed
Permit filed
Approved
Under construction
Operational
Capacity
1300 MW
≈ 988k homes
Operator
—
Developer · Zenith Volts Corp. (Wyoming)
Land
8400 ac
≈ 6,364 football fields
Location
ROSWELL
Chaves County, NM
Status
Permit Approved
As of 2026-05-14
§ 03
Officials & their industry receipts
3 TRACKED
Federal officials representing this project's district and what they've taken from data-center / AI / hyperscaler industry sources across cycles.
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator · NM
D
$73k
INDUSTRY $
Teresa Leger Fernandez
U.S. Rep · NM-3
D
$1k
INDUSTRY $
Ben Ray Luján
U.S. Senator · NM
D
—
INDUSTRY $
§ GRID
Nearest power sources
The five closest electricity-generating plants on the EIA March 2026 inventory. Hyperscale data center load doesn't appear from nowhere — it's served by whatever generators sit on the grid nearby, and by the new gas / solar / battery builds that follow.
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§ 08
Industry money in this state
4 PACS TARGETING
Money flowing into the state from AI / data-center / crypto / hyperscaler-aligned super PACs. Not necessarily tied to this project — but the political environment it operates in.
Top 4 · combined budget
$6.10M
American Mission PAC
Budget
$5.00M
Affiliate of Leading the Future super PAC network. $5M cash on hand.
REPORTING ↗Protect Progress
Budget
$1.10M
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Democratic crypto/tech-friendly candidates. $1M+ in independent expenditures. Cash on hand: $1.1M.
REPORTING ↗Defend American Jobs
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Republican crypto/tech-friendly candidates.
REPORTING ↗Build American AI
501(c)(4) nonprofit linked to Leading the Future. Not required to disclose donors.
REPORTING ↗§ 09
Follow the money in New Mexico
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in NM
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
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