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LAS CRUCES 鈥� Three people were arrested and a scuffle ensued among security staff, sheriff鈥檚 deputies and members of the public ahead of a presentation from developers of the controversial data center known as Project Jupiter.

The data center, under construction in Santa Teresa for use by Oracle and OpenAI for training artificial intelligence models, has dominated public input at regular meetings for 11 months as opposition to the data center and criticisms of the county鈥檚 vetting and oversight of the project have grown.

On Tuesday, the chambers were packed with opponents and supporters of the project, including what appeared to be a busload of workers from the construction site wearing matching work vests.

On the agenda, representatives of Oracle and builder Stack Infrastructure were scheduled to make a presentation that commissioners had requested about the number of jobs and local hires as well as other questions pertaining to the project.

The developers had missed initial quarterly deadlines to report details on how many workers were at the site and how many were from New Mexico or Do帽a Ana County. Commission Chairman Manny Sanchez attributed the delayed reports to a technological issue at the state Economic Development Department with an online portal for uploading data and redacting employees鈥� protected personal information. The EDD did not respond to a request for comment from the Journal.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vice President Mahesh Thiagarajan said the developers would produce a detailed jobs report at the end of the week.

Proponents touted the project鈥檚 promises of thousands of jobs, including construction as well as operational positions. Opponents lambasted the commissioners and the developers alike, calling for public incentives supporting the project to be stripped over complaints about Project Jupiter鈥檚 transparency, concerns about environmental consequences for the rural border community and harms associated with AI technology.

鈥淵ou have been played,鈥� Cindy Haber told the commissioners, calling for 鈥渟trong guardrails to protect our environment, livelihood, health, democratic rights.鈥�

Angel Mendoza, one of several workers who spoke, said, 鈥淚 care about the long-term future of our county just as much as anyone else. I support this project because I believe it represents responsible investment in our community. It creates good-paying jobs for skilled workers and supports local businesses.鈥�

At most meetings over the past year, opponents have tended to outnumber proponents of the project. Tuesday鈥檚 showing was a different playing field altogether, with opponents and proponents attempting to outdo each other with loud applause, cheers, jeers and heckles as Sanchez repeatedly called for civility. A limit on the number of people permitted to speak also frustrated some in the room.

Sanchez ordered a few hecklers to be removed from the chambers and then recessed the meeting as a disruption escalated in the front of the room. While two deputies attempted to remove someone from the room, other project opponents and a private security officer got involved in a brief shoving match in which Abegail Salugsugan, 26, was knocked to the ground twice. Outside the chambers, she was arrested by deputies.

Also arrested were Kiki Garden, 33, and Orin Parnell, 50. Parnell faced a disorderly conduct charge, while Garden and Salugsugan were charged with disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing.

Developers face commissioners

Thiagarajan and Stack鈥檚 chief development officer, Bobby Hollis, made their presentation later in the meeting as the developers鈥� own security staff took positions flanking the room.

Commissioners complained that they had not received the report until 10:30 p.m. Monday. In the email sending the documents, obtained by the Journal, county Economic Development Director Denisse Carter wrote to the commissioners: 鈥淚 understand you might not have enough time to review it ahead of the meeting; their internal approval process took longer than anticipated.鈥�

Hollis said close to 3,000 workers were on the Santa Teresa site at peak activity, including nearly 700 New Mexicans and 300 county residents, with thousands more construction jobs expected over the coming year.

When Commissioner Susana Chaparro pressed for more data about where the majority of construction workers resided, Hollis said, 鈥淲e鈥檙e not certain,鈥� and reiterated a promise to increase the percentage of county residents working at the site.

Thiagarajan said the project was expected to exceed $4.7 billion in long-term economic impact to the state and county, including tax revenue, capital investment and commerce. He also said that the developers had already paid 80% of their $50 million commitment to the county to fund water infrastructure projects, and that the county had collected $10 million in taxes from the project since construction began last September.

Although the developers projected a 30-year project life, Thiagarajan said Oracle鈥檚 activity at the data center was expected to last 15 years following more than two years of construction. Details of what happens to the facilities after that were not clear. Under the industrial revenue bond contract that assisted in financing Project Jupiter, the county holds title to the project properties and leases them to the developer.

Thiagarajan also pledged that the developers would invest in renewable energy projects to offset emissions from Project Jupiter, while admitting those investments would not directly reduce greenhouse gasses produced by the data center itself.

The project is currently seeking an air quality permit for a microgrid power generation facility with fuel cell technology relying on natural gas. A hearing has been scheduled for October. Separately, the State Land Office recently rejected an application to build a natural gas pipeline across state trust land to connect to the site.

Thiagarajan admitted there was no immediate contingency plan if the state Environment Department rejects the permit. He suggested the project would pursue purchasing power from El Paso Electric. Failing that, he added, if 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know how to power the data center,鈥� work might have to halt altogether.

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.