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LAS CRUCES 鈥� Four Democratic members of the New Mexico Senate who represent Do帽a Ana County gathered by the Rio Grande at Las Cruces鈥� La Llorona Park for a combined news conference and rally Thursday focused on the Oracle/Open AI data center complex known as Project Jupiter.

Sens. Carrie Hamblen, Bill Soules, Joe Cervantes and Jeff Steinborn presented common ground about the development鈥檚 transparency and interactions with the public, while Cervantes said he is not categorically opposed to AI infrastructure.

鈥淲e share the same concerns that those who live and work in this area, many for generations, have about the future of their livelihoods should this move forward,鈥� Hamblen said before a crowd of about 200.

The lawmakers criticized county leaders for backing out of commitments county leaders had made to hold a listening session in June. The meeting was to have been an opportunity for community members to ask questions and express concerns about environmental impacts and other consequences of a planned campus of four data centers, microgrid power generation facilities and an office complex spanning more than 1,200 acres in Santa Teresa.

Construction on the project began in September and the county says the developers intend to begin initial operations by the end of 2026.

Days before that meeting in June, social media posts promoting the event showed a different date and revealed that instead of a listening session, it would be an open house and job fair promoting the project. Two county commissioners who attended later reported they got varying or unreliable answers to their own questions. 

Cervantes was among those disappointed about the lost opportunity to get answers. Meanwhile, he said, 鈥渨e continue to see example after example where the promoters, including the county government and the state government, are misrepresenting and misleading the public.鈥�

The senators announced they would hold their own public listening session in August at New Mexico State University鈥檚 Las Cruces campus, with the hope that state agency representatives would attend. Cervantes said he had invited Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland to be there as well.

Cervantes argued that the project鈥檚 location in New Mexico鈥檚 southernmost county 鈥� with few news organizations, less community organization and a community hungry for jobs 鈥� was no coincidence.

鈥淭hey are purposefully treating this community and this project as a guinea pig, because it is a place where there will be less accountability, less scrutiny, and ultimately less oversight,鈥� Cervantes said.

Steinborn called on the state Environment Department to deny an air quality permit sought by the developer under the company name Yucca Growth.

Despite Oracle recently announcing a lower-polluting fuel cell technology by Bloom Energy, public notices still estimated the facility鈥檚 air pollution at 10.1 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. He urged Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, an enthusiastic advocate for the project last year, to publicly oppose the air permit.

鈥淚t will accelerate climate change. It will hurt air quality. And yes, it will impact people鈥檚 public health,鈥� Steinborn said. 鈥淭en million tons a year is equivalent to 75% of our state鈥檚 entire electric carbon emissions. It is more than Albuquerque and Las Cruces combined.鈥�

Steinborn repeated his call for the developers to make a 鈥渕assive investment in green power that should be gifted to the state of New Mexico鈥� if it moves forward.

Steinborn and Soules argued that the state鈥檚 2025 microgrid law allowing data centers that generate their own power to duck renewable energy requirements, and said they would press for legislation tightening microgrid regulations and oversight.

Hamblen said the meeting would be free and open to the public from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 11 at New Mexico State University鈥檚 Corbett Center.

Oracle responded Thursday evening to a earlier in the week that some New Mexico residents were reporting comments supporting the project were being submitted to environment officials under their names, without their knowledge or consent. The residents said they discovered the comments after providing their information to paid canvassers conducting public outreach for Project Jupiter  in New Mexico鈥檚 largest cities 鈥� Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho.

A spokesperson for Oracle denied the canvassers were involved, stating: 鈥淥ur outreach teams are supervised, clearly identified as Project Jupiter representatives, and trained to ensure that any public comment is submitted only by residents who voluntarily choose to do so. We do not authorize or condone the submission of public comments without a resident鈥檚 knowledge and consent, and residents who are not ready to submit a comment are provided printed educational materials so they can review the information on their own.鈥�

The spokesperson continued, 鈥淭his outreach is one of the many ways we are listening to community feedback, sharing facts about the project, and supporting a transparent public process.鈥�

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.