EL PASO, Tx., June 5, 2026: The El Paso Herald Post team has been hard at work over the last few days making some important updates to our news publication. As we noted previously, traffic to our news site has increased much more than we anticipated in the short ten months since we brought back the El Paso Herald Post. So much so that we were forced to migrate to a larger server and increase our technology resources to meet the rising traffic demand.
We believe that our new site will handle larger traffic loads especially during breaking news events. While we were migrating we also took the opportunity to update the look and feel of the El Paso Herald Post to better reflect the digital age of news delivery while keeping true to our roots.
We hope you like the new look of our newspaper.
Unfortunately, the transition to our new server resulted in us missing some important news that we were unable to cover during our transition. The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) filed for financial exigency yesterday, which is bankruptcy. For details about yesterday’s EPISD filing we encourage you to read KTSM’s reporting on the filing.
The other news item this week is city representatives Josh Acevedo and Lily Limón announcing their intent to cancel the META datacenter incentives contract. The El Paso City Council recently voted to limit new datacenters in El Paso but did not address the META datacenter being built in the Northeast. Initially, META and the City agreed on a $1 billion datacenter. In January, META announced that it had increased its investment in the El Paso datacenter from $1 billion to $10 billion.
Concerns over pressure on El Paso’s electrical grid and water resources have been raised by community members who argue that the META and Santa Teresa datacenters may put undo pressure on electricity and water and end up costing utility customers in higher rates. Water usage forecasts have been made by El Paso’s water utility, but those forecasts were made on the initial $1 billion investment. No word yet from the water utility on whether a new water demand forecast has been made on the new investment META announced in January.
City officials, including Mayor Renard Johnson who publicly opposes new data centers in El Paso, have said that canceling the META contract could lead to significant financial problems for El Paso’s taxpayers.
As the El Paso Herald Post team gets back to work on Monday, we will be taking a closer look at these two latest issues facing the El Paso community.
We are excited to be back online, and we hope that our hard work has paid off with our new look and greater speed. Be sure to try out our new dark mode! We look forward to your comments so please let us know what you think.
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