Project Jupiter air permit hearing postponed; no new date set

Project Jupiter air permit hearing postponed; no new date set by Staff Mon, November 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM 4 VIEW ALL PHOTOS Closed loop cooling infrastructure for data center building A at Project Jupiter Data Center.(CREDIT:KFOX14/CBS4) Comment on this story 0 Comment Share story Share topics: Project Jupiter Air permit Public hearing Natural gas fuel cells Santa Teresa New Mexico Environment Department Yucca Growth Infrastructure Oracle DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The public hearing on Project Jupiter’s air quality permit has been delayed again, pushing back a key step in the review of the project’s proposed energy facility. Developers of Project Jupiter, a large data center under construction in Santa Teresa, plan to generate electricity for the site using natural gas fuel cells. The system would release greenhouse gases and other pollutants and requires state air quality approval. A public hearing that had been scheduled for Dec. 7 would have allowed residents to weigh in on how Project Jupiter could affect local air quality. However, that hearing has now been postponed, and no replacement date has been set. Developers also waived the Nov. 23 deadline for the state to decide on the permit application. The New Mexico Environment Department said it supported the delay primarily because the company could not meet required procedural deadlines. "The New Mexico Environment Department supported Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC’s motion to vacate the Dec. 7 public hearing date and Nov. 23 regulatory decision deadline primarily because the company was unable to meet procedural deadlines required under the New Mexico Administrative Code," an NMED spokesperson said. The department said it continues to conduct its technical review of the application to ensure the Department and the public have the information necessary to evaluate the proposal when the public hearing is rescheduled. In a separate statement to KFOX14/CBS4, Oracle said it wants to move efficiently toward a new hearing date and expects the same fair treatment given to applications with similar or higher emissions. “We look forward to moving efficiently toward a hearing date and schedule and fully expect NMED to treat our application with the same fairness it has afforded countless other applications approved with similar or higher emissions levels over the past months and years," an Oracle spokesperson said. This comes after a hearing previously scheduled for September was canceled while the New Mexico Supreme Court considered legal challenges. The court later denied those petitions. Meanwhile, a new hearing will not be scheduled until the state files its revised recommendations. The next status conference is set for Nov. 19. RECOMMENDED: After delays, Project Jupiter air quality hearing set for Dec. 7 in Sunland Park Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox NEWS IN PHOTOS: " Local " 3 NEW Supreme Court rules 8-1 to restart Big Bend border wall work despite lawsuit 3 NEW Doña Ana County judge orders pretrial testimony recorded in ex-NMSU player case 4 NEW Project Jupiter air permit hearing postponed; no new date set 4 NEW El Paso High student, family held in ICE custody at Dilley pending immigration hearing