Mastodawn

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

#NewMexico #ProjectJupiter #LasCruces #SantaTeresaNM

Project Jupiter AI data center shapes Doña Ana County commission election

Project Jupiter, a hyperscale AI data center in Santa Teresa for Oracle and OpenAI, is shaping Doña Ana County commission elections as candidates clash over incentives, public oversight and local impacts ahead of the June primary.

abqjournal

Algernon D'Ammassa Mar 11

For six months, opponents of Project Jupiter have been voicing their displeasure at county commissioners who supported public financing for the project. Commissioners have agreed to a new community meeting about the data center project. It's not clear they have the same goals in mind.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/doa-ana-county-agrees-to-community-meeting-over-project-jupiter/2998531

#ProjectJupiter #datacenters #NewMexico

Doña Ana County plans community meeting on Project Jupiter AI data center in Santa Teresa

Doña Ana County commissioners agreed to hold a community meeting on Project Jupiter, the massive AI data center complex in Santa Teresa, after months of resident protests over water, power use and public financing concerns.

abqjournal

Desert Trail Mar 3

Public comments for Project Jupiter air permitting (allowing soooo much pollution) close tonight at Midnight. Here’s a Reddit post from someone doing the Lord’s work: https://www.reddit.com/r/LasCruces/comments/1rizenn/last_chance_to_comment_on_project_jupiters_air/. #projectjupiter #donaanacounty #airpollution #datacenter #nothanks #newmexico #health

Algernon D'Ammassa Dec 10

Last month, Acoma LLC, an Austin-based company affiliated with developer BorderPlex Digital Assets, filed two air quality permit applications pertaining to planned microgrid facilities at the complex where four data centers supporting computing capacity for OpenAI are planned.

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_06907b11-de67-4167-8588-2be3a7b02f25.html

#NewMexico #datacenters #openai #ProjectJupiter

Project Jupiter permit applications forecast massive carbon fuel use

LAS CRUCES — The natural gas-fueled power facility envisioned for Project Jupiter, the massive data center under construction in Santa Teresa, is far larger than had previously been disclosed —

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Nov 26

$165 billion in industrial revenue bonds and other public incentives authorized by Doña Ana County commissioners supporting the project are facing legal challenges and criticism from a government transparency watchdog group.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_186c7d6c-8dd8-4c52-9218-a2cc3eacbce1.html

#ProjectJupiter #datacenters #NewMexico

Legal challenges to Project Jupiter funding meet headwinds

LAS CRUCES — In Santa Teresa, construction is rapidly moving forward at the site of a planned data center campus supporting AI technology.

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Oct 23

Opponents filed separate civil court petitions this week asking a state district court to review county ordinances supporting the financing of Project Jupiter.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_fcd750bd-cfea-4d62-8726-8fd1905c00f8.html

#NewMexico #ProjectJupiter #datacenters #ai #OpenAI

Lawsuits seek court review of Project Jupiter funding

LAS CRUCES — Work crews have begun preparing the ground in Santa Teresa for a campus of data centers, offices and a power generation facility to be occupied by Oracle

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Oct 16

There was quite a bit of Project Jupiter related business before county commissioners yesterday, including he moved toward funding a desalination plant.

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_cc05d299-706c-4403-91e2-827d65e271e0.html

#datacenters #water #newmexico #projectjupiter

Doña Ana County pursues desalination plant following Project Jupiter vote

LAS CRUCES — Doña Ana County commissioners on Tuesday authorized County Manager Scott Andrews to seek state funding for a proposed desalination plant in the Santa Teresa Industrial Park.

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Oct 12

As Doña Ana County prepares to finalize $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds supporting a data center complex in Santa Teresa, nine local legislators are seeking answers about the project's water and energy demands.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_5d8e8c9f-a3b8-4d91-8b61-c530143c1725.html

#NewMexico #datacenters #ProjectJupiter #OpenAI

State lawmakers ask to see Project Jupiter's water, energy plans

LAS CRUCES — As Doña Ana County prepares to finalize $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds supporting a data center complex in Santa Teresa, nine local legislators are seeking answers

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Sep 23

Breaking: Here is who’s planning to occupy the Project Jupiter data center.

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_4b74326e-e544-4a9b-b1f8-6b8ff5533274.html

#OpenAI #datacenters #stargate #NewMexico #ProjectJupiter #AI #Oracle

Doña Ana County’s Project Jupiter joins $500 billion Stargate AI initiative led by OpenAI, Oracle

Officials on Tuesday said that the Doña Ana County data center will be leased by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for 18 years, with OpenAI serving as the facility’s primary client.

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Sep 20

Doña Ana County commissioners approved an unprecedented $165 billion industrial revenue bond to help finance a mammoth AI-training data center for Santa Teresa Friday.

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_86e34270-ec12-4052-b045-fe42a60de16b.html

#projectjupiter #newmexico #datacenters #ai

Doña Ana County approves historic $165B bond for data center

LAS CRUCES — Doña Ana County commissioners approved an unprecedented $165 billion industrial revenue bond to help finance a mammoth AI-training data center for Santa Teresa Friday.

Albuquerque Journal