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description: Is El Paso a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict BUILD, score 67.4/100 (WECC), as of 2026-11-12. 2,670 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-11). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "El Paso data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# El Paso data center market

Power availability in El Paso: DCPI verdict BUILD, composite score 67.4 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 228 words · generated 2026-11-11 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the El Paso data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the El Paso market for a data center")`

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DCPI Score**67.4/100**

MW, all listings**2,670**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**BUILD**

## El Paso at a glance

El Paso has 77 MW under construction and 75 MW planned among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Meta (152 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Under construction | 77 |
| Planned | 75 |
| Total listed | 152 |

## Developers building or planning in El Paso

| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Meta | 77 | 75 |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in El Paso

DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.

Meta operates the largest presence with nine facilities combined across its corporate and platform divisions, followed by Transtelco El Paso with five sites. Centurylink maintains a three-site regional footprint split between El Paso and Santa Teresa. The market remains highly concentrated among these three operators.

This combination favors developers seeking to add infrastructure without facing immediate power scarcity or severe interconnection delays.

Deal activity centers on Meta's strategic positioning in the region. Meta announced a $12.5 billion acquisition, anchoring a major capital commitment to El Paso infrastructure. These transactions reflect sustained operator confidence in the market's power availability and transmission access. No recent acquisitions or sales by competing operators appear in tracked deal flow, suggesting consolidation remains limited to Meta's expansion.

Forward momentum depends on whether new power supply commitments—particularly utility-level generation or transmission upgrades—materialize to support the announced $14–15 billion development pipeline.

## Data centers in El Paso

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Meta El Paso Building 1](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/meta-meta-el-paso-building-1-1c1a96dd) | Meta | Under Construction | 75 |
| [Meta El Paso Building 2](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/meta-meta-el-paso-building-2-4958092c) | Meta | Planned | 75 |
| [Meta El Paso Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/meta-meta-el-paso-data-center-89a081b6) | Meta | Under Construction | 2 |
| [MDC El Paso](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/mdc-data-centers-mdc-el-paso-e2a5dc8b) | MDC Data Centers | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

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## More on El Paso

- [El Paso DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/el-paso)
- [El Paso market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/el-paso/brief)
- [Texas data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/brief)
- [Texas data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/data-center-incentives)

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