Tom Lyon ✅

A.I. buildout bullshit - $165B Project Jupiter outside of my hometown El Paso.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/business/boarderplex-new-mexico-data-center-mystery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WVA.KKNk.1USqCOjUQ-hy&smid=url-share

A Data Center Wrapped in a Mystery Comes to the New Mexican Desert

As wealthier areas are pushing back against huge A.I. data centers, speculators are pitching places like Doña Ana County, N.M., on their vision. Local officials are eager for a deal — even if they don’t quite know the terms.

The New York Times
Mar 27 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadHeikoMar 27

@aka_pugs At least they are on the back foot

> No booing, no shouting, no standing. Break these rules and you will be asked to leave.
>
> “Failure to leave,” the attorney concluded, with a don’t-try-me stare, “is a criminal offense.”

... but still, ugh 😵‍💫

> Where this epic sum of money would come from, Mr. Napier did not say, other than briefly noting that the source would be “private.”

Show threadBob ThomsonMar 27
@aka_pugs bound to never happen anyway. Performative stock market nonsense stuff this DC boom with no power and no chance of having up to date GPUs in them if they ever do come online. Subprime for tech is coming.