New Mexico Approves Facebook Power Plan

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state utility regulators have approved a power-supply plan for a proposed Facebook data center in the village of Los Lunas. The social media giant also is considering a location in West Jordan, Utah, for the facility. Members of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a power plan for the data center that would offset new electricity demands with solar energy. Investor-owned utility Public Service Co. of New Mexico says it would build three industrial-scale solar arrays in central New Mexico if Facebook chooses the Los Lunas site. Plans to lure the Facebook data center to Utah with $240 million in tax breaks hit a snag this week as the Salt Lake County council voiced opposition.