Green Data Center Real Estate (Green Data Centers) has entered into a partnership with the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council regarding standards for data centre development across New Mexico.
The collaboration establishes a framework intended to integrate union labour with on-site renewable energy, atmospheric water systems, and verified environmental metrics.
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Under the agreed project model, each facility will utilise on-site solar generation designed to exceed 100% of its annual power requirements.
This will be supported by battery storage as the primary backup to decrease grid reliance and fossil-fuel generation.
To achieve water neutrality without drawing on aquifers or municipal supplies, the design incorporates atmospheric water generation, with the potential to distribute surplus water to surrounding communities.
The developer will also employ verification technology allowing external stakeholders to independently evaluate energy and water performance.
The Council, an alliance of 14 trade unions, described the agreement as its first to combine water management and renewable power with Registered Apprenticeship programmes, safety standards, and wage commitments.
Green Data Centers CEO Jason Bak said: “We came to New Mexico to prove that a data centre can be built responsibly: powered by the sun, producing its own water, and open to independent verification of every one of these claims.
“The Building Trades are asking the right question: not whether New Mexico should host data centres, but how they get built, who does the work, and who benefits.
“Our answer is that the people who build and operate these facilities should be New Mexicans, trained in New Mexico, earning family-sustaining wages. This partnership puts that commitment in writing.”
Green Data Center Real Estate develops self-sustaining facilities across New Mexico and Texas to support AI computing infrastructure, with additional corporate operations in Vancouver, British Columbia.
