Albuquerque Journal
June 23, 2026
LAS CRUCES — As community opposition to the construction of a hyperscale data center for Oracle and OpenAI continues without relent, Doña Ana County faces a new lawsuit from the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government over the transparency of its deliberations.
The foundation made a public records request in November seeking all communications the county received regarding an alleged Open Meetings Act violation. During its Sept. 19 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners went into closed session in the middle of deliberations about tax incentives and a contract pertaining to investments, reporting requirements and other guarantees required of developers of the data center known as Project Jupiter. …