New Mexico local moratoria
Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for New Mexico, current through August 19, 2026.
3 instruments — 2 in force, 1 pending, 0 past.
State policy is tracked separately: 3 actions (3 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Enacted | Sectors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe County | County | 2026-06-30 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Sierra County | County | 2026-07-21 | data center | 🟡 Pending |
| Socorro County | County | 2026-06-09 | data center | 🟢 Active |
Detailed entries
Santa Fe County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-30, Board of County Commissioners, 5-0 vote
- Normalized date:
2026-06-30(exact) - Duration: 18 months, immediate; amended during the meeting from an original 12-month proposal
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
nm-santa-fe-county-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-06 (Santa Fe County), an immediate 18-month moratorium on data center development, amended at adoption to lower the coverage threshold from 100 MW to 1 MW
- What prompted it: Development of permanent standards addressing groundwater, electricity and grid reliability, noise, waste heat, environmental justice, monitoring, and public participation
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; the county stated no data center proposal was then pending in Santa Fe County
- Outcome: —
Sierra County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: Reportedly 2026-07-21, Board of County Commissioners, unanimous vote amending agenda item Resolution 2026-51 during the meeting
- Normalized date:
2026-07-21(unverified) - Duration: Reportedly 18 months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
nm-sierra-county-2026 - Legal basis: Reportedly an 18-month moratorium blocking data centers on private land, adopted by amending Resolution 2026-51; the posted pre-meeting packet contains only a draft resolution expressing opposition to large-scale data centers with no operative moratorium language, and no signed final instrument or minutes were posted as of 2026-07-31
- What prompted it: Concern about a possible data center at Spaceport America
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Reported by two news outlets as adopted on 2026-07-21; no signed county instrument or minutes located as of 2026-07-31. The pre-meeting packet contained only a non-operative draft resolution, which also states the county lacks regulatory authority over Spaceport America property itself [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: —
Socorro County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-09, unanimous vote of the Socorro County Board of Commissioners.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-09(exact) - Duration: One year from adoption (to approximately 2027-06-09).
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
nm-socorro-county-2026 - Legal basis: Socorro County Board of Commissioners moratorium action (instrument number/ordinance-vs-resolution designation not located; no primary county document was retrievable, as the county's own resolution archive and meeting-packet portal are behind an auth-gated Google Drive/Sites link).
- What prompted it: Public opposition to a proposed roughly 10,000-acre solar-plus-data-center facility ("Green Data Center" project) and concerns over water rights/use, energy infrastructure, and public safety; commission appointed a 15-member Blue Ribbon Committee (named 2026-07-29 from 35 applicants) to study these issues and deliver non-binding recommendations at least two months before the moratorium expires.
- Affected projects: Proposed 'Green Data Center' project (~10,000-acre solar and data-center facility) that drew public opposition ahead of the vote.
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 (adopted 2026-06-09, one-year term). Blue Ribbon Committee named 2026-07-29 and is actively working; committee must report at least two months before the moratorium's expiration.
- Outcome: County commission unanimously adopted a one-year moratorium on data centers and their direct supporting infrastructure; a fact-finding Blue Ribbon Committee was subsequently appointed to advise the board before expiration.
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.