CHEYENNE — Officials from Cheyenne-based Zenith Volts Corporation announced Monday that they have gained approval to build a 1.25-gigawatt solar-powered data center 20 miles south of Roswell, New Mexico.

ZVC is an international group for data center construction and sustainable energy solutions. The company specializes in solar power generation, biomass utilization and hydrogen production, according to its website .

The 300-acre data center, which will be built on an 8,500-acre site, will integrate on-site solar natural gas generators for dependable backup, modular solar-thermal hybrid systems for 24/7 thermal storage, a 250-acre battery energy storage system and geothermal cooling for optimal efficiency, according to the ZVC news release published Monday.

The center will support mo

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