The massive Project Jupiter faces another delayed permitting proceeding. Meanwhile, Oracle exes flew in this week to provide an update on construction.
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Ethics complaint alleges GOP Rep. Nicole Chavez has improper ties to Project Jupiter
Chavez is facing an investigation into her ties to Project Jupiter — through both her role in the Legislature and her husband’s lobbying work.
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Environment Department emails raise questions about Project Jupiter emissions
Staff with the state agency noted some pollutant concentration estimates doubled in recent modeling of emissions for the data’ center’s fuel cell plant.
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El Paso and New Mexico set ambitious climate goals. Their plans didn’t account for massive new data centers
This article is co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report on local control of government. Last December, New Mexico officials celebrated publication of a plan to address climate change, designed to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A few months later, just across the state […]
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Oracle to consider delivering natural gas by truck to Project Jupiter
Oracle is exploring truck delivery of natural gas to fuel Project Jupiter’s data center in Santa Teresa due to pipeline delays, a strategy already used at their Salt Lake City site.
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How feds respond over disputed wells for border wall in New Mexico
The Doña Ana County Commission unanimously voted to terminate County Manager Scott Andrews — who had signed nondisclosure agreements with developers behind the massive and controversial Project Jupiter data center — without cause July 21.
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AG, Santa Fe lawmaker pitch AI safety measures after UNM breach
The announcement followed an attempt by an autonomous, out-of-control AI model to access a restricted record from the school.
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Request for records on governor’s meeting with data center officials yields one photo
A public records request regarding a July 27 meeting between Oracle and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham provided virtually no information on its content.
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Oracle sends ‘force majeure’ notice to Project Jupiter developers to protect itself from liability
Oracle sent a notice of “force majeure” to a developer, seeking to release itself from liability if the data center is not online by 2028.
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One Southern New Mexico county eyes big incentives for data center as another mulls a block
The contrasting receptions for the two projects echo divisions cropping up in communities around the country.
