New Mexico land commissioner shoots down Canadian data center company’s pitch at Spaceport America

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard on Thursday shot down a Canadian company’s pitch to build a solar-powered data center at Spaceport America. A number of New Mexico county commissions — including the one in Sierra County, where Spaceport is located — have approved data center moratoria this year.

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 508

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard on Thursday shot down a Canadian company’s pitch to build a solar-powered data center at Spaceport America.

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Green Data CEO Jason Bak has been in talks with Spaceport officials for years about building a data center on the property, which is on leased state trust land. Bak has engaged in those talks on behalf of …

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