ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s largest electric provider has filed documents with state regulators that reveal plans by social media giant Facebook to build a new data center.
According to Public Service Co. of New Mexico’s filing with the Public Regulation Commission, both New Mexico and Utah are in the running for hosting the proposed data center.
Facebook wants to get its energy needs for the center from renewable resources, so PNM is seeking an expedited approval process for recovering from Facebook the costs associated with providing the electricity.
A spokeswoman for PNM Resources, the utility’s parent company, says a hearing would have to be held. Approval is being sought by Aug. 31.
Facebook describes its data centers, which deliver all of the company’s services to users, as some of the most complex machines ever created.
