Project Jupiter was the standout agenda item at the Doña Ana County commission meeting Tuesday. The resolution proposed that Doña Ana County issue industrial revenue bonds up to $165 billion to build an AI center campus.

The $165 billion is not money that the county will be investing or expected to pay back according to the county's bond attorney Chris Muirhead.

“That number ties to what the company anticipates to be the capital investment into the project,” Muirhead said.

Many attendees were against the project and held handmade signs saying, “You can't drink data” and “water for people not for a data center.”

Abigail Salas

Las Cruces resident, Lindley Hornsby spoke against the project.

“New Mexicans need clean and safe drinking water, not another data center,” Hornsby said.

Sunlan

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