Denied Land for Natural Gas Pipeline, Project Jupiter Set to Be Focus of Air Quality Hearing
At least one public hearing will be held on October 29 to explore an air quality permit for the big Project Jupiter data center project based in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
That project, which is a series of four individual data centers on a 1,400-acre campus, has been controversial, with residents and environmental activists raising questions about the amount of power and water that will be required to run the proposed facilities.
Jointly developed by BorderPlex Digital Assets and the Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, the project has been advertised as featuring a closed-loop cooling system that requires only an initial fill and minimal ongoing water use.
According to published reports, the New Mexico Environmental Department is planning to receive public comments and input via a hearing on the air quality permit, which will be conducted in the Sunland Park Multi-Generational Center in Sunland Park.
Meanwhile, Stephanie Garcia Richard, the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, has rejected a proposal to build a portion of a natural gas pipeline for Project Jupiter on state land.
In her decision, Garcia Richard remarked that the “burden that the project will impose on New Mexico’s water and other natural resources, and on the surrounding community, is extreme.”
Continued the Commissioner: “At a time when New Mexico needs to stop the out-of-control acceleration of climate change, literally doubling down on dangerous emissions is irresponsible and incompatible with the New Mexico State Land Office’s mission.”
Opposition to the project has continued, with a group called Food & Water Watch two weeks ago declaring that new photos show that the size of the property site is “almost unfathomable.”
July 20, 2026
By Garry Boulard
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Denied Land for Natural Gas Pipeline, Project Jupiter Set to Be Focus of Air Quality Hearing
At least one public hearing will be held on October 29 to explore an air quality permit for the big Project Jupiter data center project based in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
That project, which is a series of four individual data centers on a 1,400-acre campus, has been controversial, with residents and environmental activists raising questions about the amount of power and water that will be required to run the proposed facilities.
Jointly developed by BorderPlex Digital Assets and the Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, the project has been advertised as featuring a closed-loop cooling system that requires only an initial fill and minimal ongoing water use.
According to published reports, the New Mexico Environmental Department is planning to receive public comments and input via a hearing on the air quality permit, which will be conducted in the Sunland Park Multi-Generational Center in Sunland Park.
Meanwhile, Stephanie Garcia Richard, the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, has rejected a proposal to build a portion of a natural gas pipeline for Project Jupiter on state land.
In her decision, Garcia Richard remarked that the “burden that the project will impose on New Mexico’s water and other natural resources, and on the surrounding community, is extreme.”
Continued the Commissioner: “At a time when New Mexico needs to stop the out-of-control acceleration of climate change, literally doubling down on dangerous emissions is irresponsible and incompatible with the New Mexico State Land Office’s mission.”
Opposition to the project has continued, with a group called Food & Water Watch two weeks ago declaring that new photos show that the size of the property site is “almost unfathomable.”
July 20, 2026
By Garry Boulard
Rendering courtesy Dona Ana County
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