# Colfax County, New Mexico: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Raton and Angel Fire Local rules on data centers are on the record in Colfax County. Colfax County is home to Raton, Angel Fire, Springer and Cimarron. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “One-year moratorium on new data center projects”. Employers here counted 4,228 jobs in 2025, down 6.6% from 2019. 11 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Unemployment was 4.2% in August 2026, against 5.1% in 2019. -6.6% total jobs since 2019, now 4,228 44 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar 18.18¢ per kWh for Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Colfax County Colfax County is home to Raton, Angel Fire, Springer and Cimarron. Raton5,952 residents Angel Fire1,170 residents Springer922 residents Cimarron784 residents Eagle Nest321 residents Maxwell220 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Ute Park. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Colfax County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in New Mexico | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 12,354 | 12,184 | ▼ 1.4% | 24th of 33 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 4,529 | 4,228 | ▼ 6.6% | 30th of 33 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $33,365 | $44,900 | ▲ 34.6% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 5.1% | 4.2% | ▼ 0.9pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 11 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 44 MW of capacity, 92% of it solar. Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc is the largest utility serving Colfax County, one of 5 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 18.18¢/kWh in 2024, above the 15.46¢ median for New Mexico utilities. 12,184 people live here, down 1.4% since 2020. ## Who powers Colfax County ### Utilities with service territory in Colfax County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 26,097 | 18.18¢ | 39% | | Springer Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 2,453 | 19.01¢ | 10% | | Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (NM) | Cooperative | Bundled | 1,434 | 24.09¢ | 3% | | Raton Public Service Company | — | — | — | — | — | | Town of Springer - (NM) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 40 MW | 92% | | Battery storage | 4 MW | 8% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Cimarron Solar Facility | Southern Power Co | Solar | 31 MW | 2010 | | Angel Fire Energy Facility | Angel Fire Energy Facility, LLC | Battery storage | 11 MW | 2023 | | Springer Solar 1 | Springer Electric Coop, Inc | Solar | 1 MW | 2015 | | Syncarpha Eagle Nest | Syncarpha Eagle Nest I, LLC | Solar | 1 MW | 2018 | ## The Colfax County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 4,228 | $44,900 | 1.00 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Colfax County ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | One-year moratorium on new data center projects | In force | 2026-08 | ## Colfax County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Colfax County, Las Animas County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Colfax County | 12,184 | ▼ 6.6% | 44 MW | — | — | 1 | | Costilla County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/costilla-county) CO | 3,679 | ▼ 4.4% | — | — | — | — | | Harding County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/harding-county) | 617 | ▲ 7.7% | — | — | — | — | | Las Animas County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/las-animas-county) CO | 14,391 | ▼ 7.6% | 179 MW | 202 MW | — | — | | Mora County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/mora-county) | 4,051 | ▼ 1.5% | — | — | — | — | | Taos County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/taos-county) | 34,564 | ▲ 0.8% | 60 MW | — | — | — | | Union County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/union-county) | 3,844 | ▼ 8.9% | — | 190 MW | — | — | ## More of New Mexico [All New Mexico countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico)[Taos County34,564 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/taos-county)[Mora County4,051 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/mora-county)[Union County3,844 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/union-county)[Harding County617 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/harding-county) ## Colfax County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Colfax County, New Mexico? 5 utilities have service territory in Colfax County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc, Springer Electric Coop, Inc, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (NM), Raton Public Service Company. The largest, Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc, charged residential customers 18.18¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Colfax County? 4 operating plants with 44 MW of capacity. The largest is Cimarron Solar Facility (31 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Colfax County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Colfax County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Las Animas County. ### Is Colfax County adding jobs? Employers counted 4,228 jobs in 2025 against 4,529 in 2019 (-6.6%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Colfax County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Colfax County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-mexico/colfax-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).