DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — The $165 billion Project Jupiter data center project is set to begin construction near Santa Teresa in southern New Mexico before the end of the year. But questions about how it will use resources, particularly water, are still of concern for some.
As ABC-7 reported, Doña Ana county commissioners voted 4-1 on Friday to approve a set of tax incentives as part of a performance agreement with BorderPlex Digital Assets, one of the companies behind the project.
The plot of land designated for the data center near the Santa Teresa port of entry doesn’t feature much beyond dirt trails, desert shrubs and dumped trash for now. But it could become home to one of, if not the most expensive data center projects in the world…