#projectjupiter — Public Fediverse posts
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Less than a month before a hearing over an air quality permit for Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County, clean energy advocate New Energy Economy filed an emergency writ Wednesday asking the state Supreme Court to consider whether the hearing should proceed.
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Over 400 people packed a meeting room and spilled into a hallway on the New Mexico State University campus Tuesday night for a town hall organized by four Democratic lawmakers from Las Cruces.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/hundreds-pack-senators-project-jupiter-town-hall/3101111
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The New Mexico State Ethics Commission on Tuesday announced a settlement with Elevate New Mexico over an advertising campaign supportive of Project Jupiter, the large-scale data center under construction in Santa Teresa.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/ethics-commission-settles-lawsuit-over-project-jupiter-ads/3100621
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In an abrupt reversal, a New Mexico Environment Department hearing examiner decided that critical questions involving a proposed natural gas pipeline for Project Jupiter will be resolved in forthcoming hearings instead of an expedited briefing he ordered last week.
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Doña Ana County Commissioners authorized a new community monitoring committee focused on Project Jupiter on Tuesday, with opponents of the project expressing guarded support for the initiative while calling for its independence from county government and the developers.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/dona-ana-county-creates-citizens-project-jupiter-watchdog/3100205
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I would not say its “future is in doubt,” but Project Jupiter has hit a snag.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jupiter-permit-trips-over-pipeline-denial/3097673
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Three data center opponents who were arrested yesterday, including a woman knocked to the ground by private security, were released from jail today as local officials react to the use of force at a public meeting.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/unacceptable-use-of-force-at-county-meeting-draws-criticism/3091769
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Three people were arrested and a scuffle ensued among security staff, sheriff’s deputies and members of the public ahead of a presentation from developers of the controversial data center known as Project Jupiter.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jupiter-update-sparks-scuffle-arrests/3091046
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Doña Ana County Commissioners unanimously voted to terminate County Manager Scott Andrews’ employment contract Tuesday afternoon.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/scott-andrews-out-as-dona-ana-county-manager/3087214
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Source NM: Energy expert tells NM lawmakers Project Jupiter could roll back air quality progress by 20 years. “Environmental advocates on Monday told New Mexico lawmakers that power plants built specifically for large data centers such as Project Jupiter could undo more than 20 years of progress on air quality.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/19/source-nm-energy-expert-tells-nm-lawmakers-project-jupiter-could-roll-back-air-quality-progress-by-20-years/ -
The hearing is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 19, and will continue as necessary, at the Sunland Park Multi-Generational Center, a community space within the Sunland Park Sports Complex at 4700 McNutt Road.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jupiter-air-permit-to-be-debated-in-october-hearing/3084513
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The commissioner upheld a decision to deny access to the pipeline. The office also indicated she is taking a hard look at a data center proposal at Spaceport America.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced an investigation into complaints that some comments submitted to the state’s Environmental Improvement Board on behalf of a controversial microgrid project were submitted under the names of residents without their consent.
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As the window for public comments on a microgrid air quality permit application related to Project Jupiter came to a close Monday night, several local elected officials weighed in for or against it while political figures in Albuquerque and Taos complained that comments supporting the permit were falsely attributed to them.
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New Mexico is kicking in more than $3 million to support hires for Project Jupiter, the hyperscale data center under construction in Santa Teresa for Oracle and OpenAI.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/new-mexico-kicks-in-3m-for-project-jupiter-hires/3075860
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Four Democratic members of the New Mexico Senate who represent Doña Ana County gathered by the Rio Grande at Las Cruces’ La Llorona Park for a combined news conference and rally Thursday focused on the Oracle/Open AI data center complex known as Project Jupiter.
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Source New Mexico: New Mexico residents say their names used without permission to support Project Jupiter data center. “Residents from three New Mexico cities say their names falsely appeared on letters urging state environment officials to approve air quality permits for the controversial Project Jupiter data center after they were approached by canvassers for the project.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/source-new-mexico-new-mexico-residents-say-their-names-used-without-permission-to-support-project-jupiter-data-center/ -
People are reporting that comments supporting air quality permits for Project Jupiter (a huge data center under construction in New Mexico) have been submitted under their names without their permission or support.
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The developers of the data center complex in Santa Teresa for Oracle and OpenAI are not complying with reporting requirements under its industrial revenue bond agreement, Doña Ana County acknowledged this week.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jupiter-missed-job-report-deadlines-county-says/3068768
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As community opposition to the construction of a hyperscale data center for Oracle and OpenAI continues without relent, Doña Ana County faces a new lawsuit by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government over the transparency of its deliberations.
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Source New Mexico: Firm behind New Mexico Medicaid campaign recruits influencers to promote Project Jupiter data center. “The marketing agency behind New Mexico’s award-winning Medicaid re-enrollment social media campaign is recruiting influencers to promote Project Jupiter, the controversial artificial intelligence data center under construction in Doña Ana County.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/18/source-new-mexico-firm-behind-new-mexico-medicaid-campaign-recruits-influencers-to-promote-project-jupiter-data-center/ -
In a recent story, I wrote about upset in the community over the way this event changed.
For this, I heard from Oracle as well as economic development officials about their view of the meeting and how they say Project Jupiter is changing the game in the borderplex.
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Frustration boiled over on the dais and in the gallery Tuesday as community members pressed Doña Ana County commissioners for answers about a promise to hold a public meeting addressing concerns about the massive data center under construction in Santa Teresa.
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Heath Haussamen writes, “For those of us who live in these communities, Project Jupiter’s agreements with Doña Ana County are moral documents. They promise jobs we desperately need and pledge to limit use of water we must protect.
“But to the developers, this is nothing more than a financial transaction.”https://haussamen.com/2026/04/24/we-need-a-better-deal-from-project-jupiter/
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"Project Jupiter’s two natural gas microgrids will power a 1,700-acre data center used for training AI. Those microgrids are expected to generate nearly twice as much greenhouse gas as both Albuquerque and Las Cruces combined, far exceeding original estimates given to the public."
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/who-are-the-people-behind-pro-project-jupiter-ads/3028394
#NewMexico #Albuquerque #nm #LasCruces #AI #KI #ProjectJupiter
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My colleagues Natalie Robbins and Gillian Barkhurst on those ads everyone has been seeing in support of Project Jupiter.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/who-are-the-people-behind-pro-project-jupiter-ads/3028394
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Doña Ana County commissioners approved an unusual resolution Tuesday seeking answers from the builders and tenants of the massive data center complex known as Project Jupiter, currently under construction in Santa Teresa.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/doa-ana-county-seeks-answers-on-project-jupiter-water-use/3022316
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Project Jupiter, the hyperscale artificial intelligence data center complex under construction in Santa Teresa for tenants Oracle and OpenAI, has roused community opposition, sparked lawsuits and now is shaping elections for two seats on the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/how-project-jupiter-is-shaping-doa-ana-county-elections/3002483