Review service capacity, electricity cost, demand charges, wiring, cooling, available space, and likely site upgrades.
PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE / NORTH OF ARTESIA
Build the compute.
Prove the power.
The concept combines a separately operated Bitcoin mining yard with an AI data center. NMMINE’s regional service model informs the mining workstream: assess the site and power, plan equipment and cooling, coordinate installation, then monitor operations.
See the project basis ↓01 / THE CAMPUS CONCEPT
Two facilities.
Separate operating profiles.
AI service commitments value predictable uptime. Bitcoin mining may offer a controllable load, subject to equipment controls and utility terms.
The concept keeps the facilities separate in metering, electrical protection, reliability planning, and business case. A mining curtailment strategy could help respond to power conditions, but it must be designed and contracted; it is not an assumed revenue stream or permission to interrupt service.
SITE STATUSProposed campus north of Artesia, New Mexico. Confirm parcel, serving utility, firm capacity, interconnection, delivered cost, fiber, water, permits, and construction requirements before fixing scope or schedule.
PROPOSED MINING YARD40 MD540 modular mining installations; final miner model and fleet count remain unselected.
PLANNED MINING LOAD44 MW40 MW container load plus 4 MW dry-cooler planning allowance.
PROPOSED AI FACILITY64 DGXFour planned blocks of 16 NVIDIA DGX B200 systems.
COMBINED CAMPUS LOAD~45.4 MWBefore shared ancillary loads and upstream losses.
Transformer basis: 40 × 2,600 kVA nameplate = 104 MVA aggregate nameplate capacity; this is not 104 MW of utility service. AI facility load is approximately 1.4 MW at an assumed PUE of 1.25. Vendor ratings, cooling, redundancy, elevation derating, and utility scope require engineering review. View the preserved full campus concept ↗
02 / REGIONAL MINING SERVICES
Start with the site
and the real costs.
NMMINE describes a grid-connected service model for existing industrial facilities in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. Its published process starts with a facility and power review, then equipment planning, installation coordination, cooling and networking setup, and ongoing monitoring and maintenance.
Match miner selection and purchase timing to the project scope and the economics that the site can support.
Plan electrical work, qualified contractors, equipment, cooling, networking, commissioning, and setup.
Track operation, troubleshoot issues, maintain hardware, and make uptime and repair needs visible.
Price the full bill.
Energy price alone is not an all-in rate. Include demand charges, delivery, taxes, cooling, repairs, financing, and downtime.
Model the downside.
Bitcoin price, network difficulty, rewards, uptime, equipment efficiency, and operating costs can all change. No mining outcome is guaranteed.
Grid-connected work.
NMMINE states that it installs mining hardware at grid-connected sites and does not provide generators or other power systems.
NMMINE is presented as a regional service reference. This summary does not claim a signed XCON contract, partnership, endorsement, or reserved capacity. Visit NMMINE.com ↗ · EIA: energy use in Bitcoin mining ↗
03 / WIND-FIRST ENERGY STRATEGY
Wind can shape
the energy mix.
Buy dependable power first. Develop renewable supply alongside it.
The current working scenario uses 19 reference 6.2 MW turbines—117.8 MW nameplate—as an illustrative annual-energy match for the approximately 45.4 MW campus at a 40% capacity factor. This is not a turbine order, project design, interconnection study, or continuous 45.4 MW supply. The proposed ZIA manufacturing plant would add load after its process is defined.
Study land, wind resource, transmission, interconnection, development risk, and delivered price for each route.
Wind output varies; annual energy matching does not guarantee supply for each hour. Include grid service, firming contracts, and storage only where justified.
Design reliability for manufacturing and contracted AI services. Evaluate mining as interruptible only under approved service terms.
SEPARATE CAPITAL PLANThe working proposal uses $300M as a mining and AI planning budget and a $250M illustrative wind allowance. These are not vendor quotes or validated project costs. A power purchase agreement would change the wind capital plan. Storage, major offsite upgrades, financing costs, and the undefined ZIA plant load are excluded.
04 / WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROVED
Commission in stages.
Expand on evidence.
| Gate | Evidence before the next commitment |
|---|---|
| Site + service | Parcel control, utility study, firm capacity, upgrade cost, energization timeline, water, soils, drainage, and permits. |
| Power + wind | All-in utility offer; wind resource and land assessment; interconnection; hourly generation and load model; comparison of PPA, ownership, and firming. |
| AI block | Customer demand, server and network quotes, cooling design, fiber validation, acceptance criteria, and reliability plan. |
| Mining tranche | Miner selection, full delivered-cost model, utility-approved curtailment controls, commissioning plan, uptime baseline, and repair strategy. |
| Capital + governance | Project-specific entities, ownership, use of funds, funding eligibility, incentive offers, and written allocation of shared costs. |
Source basis: XCON's working investor page and campus concept; NMMINE's published service summary. This page preserves the assumptions while labeling them as proposals that require independent validation.
Power is the first diligence gate.
Review resilience questions on grid service, wind, cooling, water, and staged commissioning.