Project Jupiter data center proposal advances amid local concerns

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Project Jupiter, a multibillion-dollar data center proposal, has received approval for a request for a industrial revenue bond, despite concerns from residents about its potential impact on water and energy resources in Dona Ana County.

Phil Simpson, a Dona Ana County resident who studied electrical engineering, expressed his apprehensions about the natural gas power plant planned to power the data center.

“My concern with the Project Jupiter Data Center is not with the data center itself. It’s with the natural gas power plant that is planned to power it,” said Simpson…

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