Southern NM lawmakers seek public hearing on Project Jupiter permits

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 526

Last Updated: 16 hours, 38 minutes ago

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Two New Mexico lawmakers representing Doña Ana County sent a letter this week to the state’s top environmental official requesting a public hearing on air quality permit applications for controversial proposed data center Project Jupiter.

Last year, Doña Ana County officials approved spending $165 billion in bonds to build the data center to train OpenAI and Oracle, even as the air permit applications to the state show the private power plants may emit …

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