Outside-air economization; treated effluent for peak evaporative
Basis
Fitted to a published figure of 120 million gallons a year
Air — what the stacks emit
Nitrogen oxides199t/yr
Sulphur dioxide146t/yr
Fine particulates22.5t PM2.5
Health damages$20.0M/yr
Where it burns
WECC Southwest — Ariz. / N.M.
Generation mix
Gas 46 · Nuclear 22 · Solar 14 · Coal 12
CO₂e
493 kt/yr — climate, not air quality
Who wanted it
Who asked for it
Meta — self-build
Who approved it
Village of Los Lunas industrial revenue bonds; PNM supply plus Meta-contracted solar; a negotiated cap on potable water
What it serves
Meta storage and app serving
IT capacity
200 MW running of 500 MW announced
Meta funded a reclaimed-water pipeline so the campus runs mostly on treated effluent rather than Rio Grande basin supply — a mitigation now written into several other New Mexico agreements.
Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level
error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors.
Full method.