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County sets regs for potential data centers – www.hobbsnews.com
Lea County's new rules require data centers to use closed-loop cooling and local power solutions to protect scarce water and energy, aiming for community benefits from incentives.
County sets regs for potential data centers Levi Hill/News-Sun Artificial Intelligence data centers are springing up across the world as the demand for computing power skyrockets. Lea County is poised to be a perfect home for data centers, but new industry breeds new problems and Lea County Commissioners are getting out in front of it. At the Feb. 26 Lea County Commission meeting, the commission unanimously approved the first of what County Mana…