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LAS CRUCES 鈥� When Mahesh Thiagarajan, the Oracle Corp. executive overseeing construction of the data center known as Project Jupiter in Santa Teresa, appeared before the Do帽a Ana County Board of Commissioners last week, one question in particular appeared to come as a surprise.

鈥淚t was reported to me that you wanted to bring in (artificial intelligence) scanners for this meeting,鈥� Commissioner Susana Chaparro said during the Sept. 8 meeting. 鈥淲hy?鈥�

Thiagarajan briefly raised his arms and looked toward a colleague before saying, 鈥淚鈥檓 not aware of that. 鈥� It did not go through me.鈥�

Chaparro asked interim County Manager Stephen Lopez 鈥� one of three interim county managers leading the county since the departure of County Manager Scott Andrews in July 鈥� for more details, saying she received the report from him.

Lopez said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if there was a want or an offer 鈥� that was communicated through the sheriff鈥檚 office, so I would have to defer to them as to what the exact wording was.鈥�

Sheriff Kim Stewart was not present, and no clarification was immediately made as to what technology had been discussed, with whom, or why.

Security at the commissioners鈥� meetings has been heightened over the past year amid growing controversy over Project Jupiter, a 1,400-acre data center Oracle is building for use by OpenAI to train AI software.

Opponents in the community and environmental advocacy organizations have raised questions about the project鈥檚 environmental costs as well as its transparency about the development. Opponents have also mounted court challenges, prompting the state Supreme Court to pause an air quality permit application for fuel cell technology that would power the center.

The topic has dominated public comments at every regular session since the county approved industrial revenue bonds and other incentives to support the development, sometimes escalating to disruptions of meetings. On select occasions, the county has instituted extra security at the building entrance with metal detectors and bag inspections. At a July session, a scuffle took place in front of the dais involving county deputies, private security officers and residents. The incident culminated in three arrests.

Contacted by the Journal, Stewart said Chaparro鈥檚 question appeared to have been prompted by an informal suggestion from the Oracle security detail that accompanied Thiagarajan.

鈥淭hey went to one of my captains and started talking about security at meetings,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he Oracle guy said, 鈥榃e have some AI technology to determine if people are armed.鈥� That was what the conversation was about. 鈥� They came to us, and it was just a sidebar conversation, and it had to do with weaponry. It wasn't to do with any facial recognition.鈥�

Certain AI software products integrate with security cameras to scan and identify potential concealed firearms or knives and alert security personnel for investigation.

Stewart said she had not discussed the proposal any further. She said there was no formal offer and that her office would not be open to one. 鈥淚鈥檓 not accepting one thing from Oracle. I think that鈥檚 a bad look,鈥� she said.

That would not necessarily preclude the county from discussing security technology at the government building with Oracle, however.

Stewart and Lopez both confirmed that the sheriff鈥檚 office is primarily responsible for security at commission meetings, although uniformed employees of local contractor Security Concepts are also present in the chambers. Stewart said coordination between her agency and the contractor since the July incident was 鈥済oing really well.鈥�

Oracle did not respond to queries from the Journal about the discussion, and a spokesperson for the county did not answer questions regarding security at the government building.

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.