Project Jupiter data center campus (Santa Teresa)
Also called: Project Jupiter, Stargate New Mexico, Stargate Jupiter
A huge AI data center campus for Oracle and OpenAI on about 1,400 acres in Santa Teresa. It would make its own power from natural gas fuel cells. The county approved big tax breaks in 2025, and building has started, but the state air permit, a gas pipeline across state land, and water use are still being fought over.
Where things stand: County approved tax-break bonds in Sept. 2025 and building has started. The state air permit for its gas fuel-cell power plant is still pending.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 2026): The NM Supreme Court rejected the two challenges and let the permit process go on.
What we know
- 📍 WhereSanta Teresa, in southern Doña Ana County near the Texas and Mexico borders, Unincorporated Doña Ana County, Doña Ana County
- 🏢 CompanySTACK Infrastructure and BorderPlex Digital Assets (power: Yucca Growth Infrastructure)
- 👤 Built forOracle (for OpenAI)
- 🌳 Size1,400 acres
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromIts own power plant (microgrid) of Bloom Energy fuel cells that run on natural gas, fed by a new gas pipeline. An earlier plan for gas turbines was dropped in April 2026.
- 🗼 New power linesNo
- 💧 WaterDevelopers bought water rights from a sod farm west of Sunland Park; Oracle says it will use non-potable industrial well water. A construction well approved by the State Engineer was paused by the NM Supreme Court in Aug. 2026.
- 💵 Cost$165 billion
- 💸 Tax breaksUp to $165 billion in county industrial revenue bonds (IRBs): no property tax for 30 years. Instead the developers pledged about $360 million in payments to the county, plus $50 million for water and sewer work.
- 👷 Jobs promised750
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- When will the state air permit hearing for the fuel-cell power plant take place? 🙋 I'll find out
- How will the gas pipeline reach the site after the State Land Office said no? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water will the campus use per day once it runs? 🙋 I'll find out
- Where exactly on the map is the campus? 🙋 I'll find out
- Did the county sign a secret deal (NDA) with the developers? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Sept 19, 2025Doña Ana County commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the industrial revenue bonds (up to $165 billion).
- Jan 23, 2026Oracle said it is the company that will use the campus.
- April 2026Developers dropped the gas turbine plan and applied instead for a gas fuel-cell power plant.
- July 14, 2026The State Land Commissioner again denied a request to cross state land with a gas pipeline for the project.
- Aug 24, 2026The NM Supreme Court paused the air permit hearing and the use of water from a construction well.
- Sept 2026The NM Supreme Court rejected the two challenges and let the permit process go on.
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center sued the County Commission for a community group and residents. It says the county approved the Project Jupiter bonds based on an incomplete application with blank pages. On March 20, 2026, a judge refused to throw out the case but also refused to pause the ordinances, so building goes on. The court will review the county's Sept. 19 and Oct. 14, 2025 actions.
✅ Approved
County commissioners voted 4-1 for three ordinances for Project Jupiter in Santa Teresa: tax-break bonds (industrial revenue bonds) of up to $165 billion, and two local economic development (LEDA) funding ordinances. The bond deal was made public only days before the vote, and public comment lasted over four hours. The vote is being challenged in court.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Project Jupiter · Doña Ana County · 2026
- Doña Ana County commissioners vote to move forward on IRB for Project Jupiter · KRWG · Sept 19, 2025
- Oracle Advances American AI Innovation and Local Economic Prosperity in New Mexico · Oracle · Jan 23, 2026
- Project Jupiter: where the AI data center project stands in NM · The Daily Lobo · Aug 17, 2026
- Santa Teresa's Project Jupiter touts low water use, emissions ahead of air permit hearing · KFOX14 · July 28, 2026
- New Mexico Supreme Court halts water use from Project Jupiter well in Santa Teresa · KFOX14 · Aug 24, 2026
- New Mexico land commissioner denies Project Jupiter pipeline request · KOB 4 · July 2026
- NM Supreme Court rejects 2 Project Jupiter challenges, allows permitting process to resume · Source NM · Sept 2026
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