Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site
IndustrialMcKinley County, New Mexico · WECC
At a glance
Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site is an industrial datacenter candidate site in McKinley County, New Mexico, scoring 41.9/100 DC Readiness — 67th of 70 scored sites in the county. It sits in the WECC grid region and the CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EL COOP INC service territory, where interconnection has averaged 3.5 years from request to operation.
Power & interconnection
Speed to power
Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.
Connectivity
Site characteristics
Risk & environment
Location context
Regulatory climate
No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.
Site location
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How does Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site compare with other sites in McKinley County?
Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site ranks 67th of 70 scored candidate sites in McKinley County. Its 41.9/100 is about 11% below the county average of 46.9. It is about 12% below the New Mexico average of 47.8 and about 21% below the national average of 53.2.
Against the New Mexico average, its strongest sub-score is natural hazard (85 vs 84) and its weakest is fiber connectivity (36 vs 52). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.
How close is Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site to power, fiber and other datacenters?
For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Oso Grande Technologies at 120.8 miles. 3 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Meta, 114.9 miles away.
What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site?
The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk). At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates McKinley County "Relatively Low".
Full DC Readiness breakdown
All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.
Nearby comparable sites
Other scored datacenter candidate sites in McKinley County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLEY | Substation-Adjacent | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 55.8 |
| EC Near Escalante | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 54.0 |
| EC Near Escalante | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.9 |
| AMBROSIA | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 53.8 |
| EC Near Escalante | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.7 |
| EC Near Escalante | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.2 |
| EC Coal McKinley County | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.2 |
| EC Near Escalante | Greenfield | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.1 |
Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site: common questions
What is the DC Readiness score of Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site?
Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site scores 41.9/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 67th of 70 scored sites in McKinley County. The McKinley County average is 46.9 and the New Mexico average is 47.8.
Which electric utility serves Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site?
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EL COOP INC (cooperative) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ELECTIC COOPERATIVE.
What grid region is Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site in?
Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site is in the WECC region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 3.5-year wait from queue request to operation.
Is Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site in a flood zone?
The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk).
How far is Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site from an internet exchange?
The nearest internet exchange facility is Oso Grande Technologies, about 120.8 miles away; 3 fiber providers report service at the location.
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About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Zuni Former Automobile Maintenance and Body Shop/Airport Site, McKinley County, NM”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/new-mexico/mckinley-county/zuni-former-automobile-maintenance-and-body-shop-airport-site-0d01d0c5 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.
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