ServerDomes Global: Hueco Ranch

Site History

• July 2026: Kaufman & Company announces construction on two geodesic-dome data center campuses, one outside Salt Lake City and one near El Paso.
• 2026-10-07: Groundbreaking near the Desert Haven community.
• 2026-10-09: Hudspeth County Judge Joanna MacKenzie confirms the project after a site visit. She says the county was not notified before groundbreaking, and that construction could start as early as 2027.
• 2026-10-27: Project representatives scheduled to present to the Hudspeth County Commissioners Court.

Project Profile

• Developers: ServerDomes Global and Lonestar Kaufman Development Partners (Kaufman & Company).
• Land: About 24,000 acres of private, formerly idle ranch and oil-and-gas land near the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Design: Geodesic domes with green roofs, cooled by passive convection plus hybrid air, direct liquid, and immersion cooling.
• Build-out: Phase one has tenants secured, per Kaufman & Company. Up to ten more domes are planned over the next decade.
• Water: A one-time draw from an on-site well into the aquifer during initial setup, then a closed-loop system fed by roof water catchment.
• Jobs: About 800 construction jobs over four to five years and 200 to 300 permanent positions.
• Incentives: The project is not seeking county tax abatements.
• Investment: About $15 billion.
• Local context: Texas counties have no zoning authority over private land. Hudspeth County adopted Resolution 2026-013 on data centers in April 2026.

Utility

• Rio Grande Electric Cooperative serves the Desert Haven area. El Paso Electric's territory ends near the El Paso County line.
• The area sits on the WECC grid, not ERCOT. Rio Grande Electric Cooperative takes transmission service from El Paso Electric.
• An El Paso Electric 115 kV line between Coyote and Dell City runs a few miles south of the property. Coyote substation is about 12 miles west.
• El Paso Natural Gas's Hueco compressor station sits about 10 miles south.