Legal challenge says elected officials ‘abruptly’ went into closed-door meeting
By Joshua Bowling
February 10, 2026
A new lawsuit accuses Doña Ana county leaders of violating the New Mexico Open Meetings Act in September before they approved $165 billion in bonds for the data center campus Project Jupiter.

Lawsuit alleges commissioners violated Open Meetings law
Albuquerque Journal
By Algernon D’Ammassa
Journal Staff Writer

February 10, 2026

LAS CRUCES — Doña Ana County is facing a new lawsuit pertaining to its support for Project Jupiter, the AI-training data center complex under construction in Santa Teresa.

The new claim, brought by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, alleges commissioners violated the state’s Open Meetings Act on the brink of its approval, last September, of $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds in addition to other incentives helping finance the private development. Developers BorderPlex Digital Assets and Stack Infrastructure are building the facility for tenant Oracle, which will operate the center on behalf of OpenAI. …

By Noah Raess
KRWG

February 10, 2026

The New Mexico Environmental Law Center has filed a lawsuit against the Doña Ana County Commission over a closed session that occurred at the September 19th meeting where Project Jupiter received the greenlight for the IRB.

Lawsuit alleges commissioners violated Open Meetings law
Santa Fe New Mexican

By Cormac Dodd

February 10, 2026

A lawsuit accuses Doña Ana County commissioners of violating New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act during a closed-door session in September where they approved tax breaks for a proposed artificial intelligence data center campus.