Doña Ana County, NM

June 16, 2026

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Oracle and OpenAI's $165 billion Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County pivoted from water-intensive gas turbines to fuel cells and committed to 11 million gallons annually of recycled non-potable water, roughly 30,000 gallons per day.

June 15, 2026

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Project Jupiter, the 1,400-acre STACK and Oracle build six miles from the Texas border in Doña Ana County, shows the unlock mechanics: Oracle pivoted from gas turbines to fuel cells, committed to 11 million gallons/day of non-potable recycled water in closed loops, and STACK bought existing rights from a sod farm rather than seeking new allocations.

May 7, 2026

Project Jupiter's $165 billion Santa Teresa build, which surfaced from a closed Doña Ana County commission meeting, just pivoted from gas plants to fuel cells, a 30% emissions cut Oracle announced reactively rather than proactively.

May 4, 2026

Oracle and Bloom Energy are deploying up to 2.45 GW of solid oxide fuel cells for Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County, replacing planned gas turbines and approaching Bloom's entire cumulative deployed capacity.

April 30, 2026

Oracle's Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County abandoned gas turbines and diesel entirely for a Bloom Energy fuel-cell microgrid sized up to 2.45 GW, with 1.2 GW already contracted.

April 29, 2026

Oracle and BorderPlex are replacing planned gas turbines and diesel at Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County, New Mexico with up to 2.45 GW of Bloom solid oxide fuel cells, paired with closed-loop non-evaporative cooling.

March 5, 2026

Houston-based Energy Transfer filed with FERC to build a 17-mile, $60 million natural gas pipeline in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, to supply Project Jupiter, a contested datacenter development.

February 15, 2026

The Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners faces a vote on the deal.