New Mexico environmental groups seek federal regulators to deny pipeline for Project Jupiter

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 544

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago


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Several New Mexico environmental groups on Monday filed a formal challenge with federal regulators, urging a more exhaustive review of a proposed 17-mile gas pipeline to fuel a controversial data center in Southern New Mexico.

The protest marks the latest objection lodged against the $60-million “Green Chile Project,” which would pipe 400,000 dekatherms of gas from El Paso daily to the private power plants fueling the proposed Project Jupiter, according to