by NMELC | Jul 8, 2026 | NMELC in the News
Food & Water Watch pushes 2027 legislation targeting Oracle’s 1,400-acre Doña Ana County campus and its 10 million tons of annual emissions
By Rex Edison
Gadget Review
July 8, 2026
Here’s the supposedly green version of Oracle’s Project Jupiter: an estimated 10.1 million tons of greenhouse gases per year, according to Oil & Gas Watch’s analysis of permit documents. That’s down from roughly 14 million tons under the original gas-plant design — and still more than Albuquerque and Las Cruces produce combined.
by NMELC | Jul 2, 2026 | NMELC in the News
Critics of proposed legislation say data center ban could send harmful economic message
By Dan Boyd and Algernon D’Ammassa
Albuquerque Journal
July 2, 2026
SANTA FE — New Mexico could become the first state to enact a moratorium on new data centers, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers.
by NMELC | Jun 23, 2026 | NMELC in the News
By Algernon D’Ammassa
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.
by NMELC | Jun 17, 2026 | NMELC in the News
By Lorien House
El Paso Matters
June 17, 2026
All over the United States, people are protesting new data centers because of obvious harms: energy consumption, water use and contamination, waste (including vast quantities of e-waste), air, light and noise pollution. …
by NMELC | Mar 25, 2026 | NMELC in the News
Suit argues that county violated the law in Project Jupiter approval
March 25, 2026
by Las Cruces Bulletin
Judge Jennifer DeLaney denied Doña Ana County Commission’s motion to dismiss NMELC’s lawsuit against the county for its approval of tax incentives for Project Jupiter during a hearing held in the Third Judicial Court on Friday, March 20. The decision is a victory for community members who will be harmed if the massive hyperscale data center moves forward.
by NMELC | Mar 24, 2026 | NMELC in the News
March 24, 2026
by KOB
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A lawsuit against a controversial, proposed data center in southern New Mexico just landed a major win in court.
A judge denied the Doña Ana County Commission’s request to throw out an environmental group’s lawsuit against Project Jupiter.
