Santa Fe County commissioners approve 18-month moratorium on data centers

SANTA FE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday night to adopt an 18-month moratorium on data center development. The pause was extended from the originally proposed 12 months to 18 months, and the regulatory threshold was lowered from 100 megawatts to one megawatt—roughly the electricity use [...]