A $165 billion proposal to develop a sprawling artificial intelligence data center campus in the border community of Santa Teresa took a step forward Friday when Doña Ana County commissioners voted to approve mammoth corporate tax breaks for the project amid fervent opposition from residents.

Known as Project Jupiter, the development is a digital infrastructure campus planned by Austin-based BorderPlex Digital Assets that will include microgrid power generation and water treatment facilities, officials have said.

Citing concerns about water resources and infrastructure at length during a public comment period Friday, people shouted "sellouts" and "recall" loudly for a period of about 30 seconds after commissioners voted, then began chanting "This is what democracy looks like" as commissi

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