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Project Jupiter: Emissions & Resource Impact
Comparison of expected resource usage and emissions for the scrapped gas plant vs. new fuel cell technology.
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Oracle shifts project Jupiter's main power supply to fuel cells
Tech giant Oracle, and BorderPlex Digital Assets, a technology infrastructure company, will power Project Jupiter, a massive US $165 billion AI data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, entirely with Bloom Energy fuel cells, replacing previously planned gas turbines and diesel generators. According to a press release, these companies plan to install up to 2.45 GW of fuel cell capacity under an expanded partnership. The revised design consolidates the site into a single microgrid and is expected to cut emissions and water use. Nitrogen oxide emissions are projected to fall by about 92 percent compared with the earlier plan, while water use will be minimal. Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, said, “We are excited to move forward with this updated energy solution, as we advance the next generation of AI infrastructure, bloom’s fuel cell technology enables us to deliver highly reliable on-site power with a lower environmental footprint.” Aman Joshi, CCO, Bloom Energy, said, “Bloom has rapidly become the platform of choice for powering AI data centers responsibly, fuel cell technology will power what is expected to be one of the largest data center microgrids operating in the United States at the time of completion.” Lanham Napier, Chairman, BorderPlex Digital Assets, said, “Project Jupiter started with a belief that Doña Ana County could become a Tier 1 industrial engine for New Mexico, project Jupiter is becoming stronger infrastructure, and generational opportunity in a region with the talent, work ethic, and ambition to help lead New Mexico’s next chapter of growth.” Oracle will cover all energy costs for the project, and the companies said the development will not affect local electricity rates or grid stability. The site will use closed-loop cooling systems to limit water consumption. Project Jupiter is part of a broader effort by BorderPlex to position southern New Mexico as a hub for advanced computing and energy development, including solar, storage, and geothermal which could become one of the largest data center microgrids in the United States at the time of completion.
Local data center opposition claims its latest victim: Oracle's Project ...
Local data center opposition claims its latest victim: Oracle's Project Jupiter gas plant By Ellen Thomas You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Data centers are facing rising opposition from local communities. Natalie Behring/Getty Images 2026-05-07T09:00:01.235Z Oracle dropped its plans for a natural gas plant at its OpenAI data center in New Mexico. The gas plant raised questions from the surrounding community about water use and air pollution. Community activists aren't yet convinced of the site's new energy plan. Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to generate on-site electricity.Dubbed Project Jupiter, the site in New Mexico is part of Oracle and OpenAI's $300 billion cloud computing contract.Project Jupiter's potential environmental impact has been the subject of intense scrutiny and speculation by the local community for months.In a press release last week, the tech giant said Bloom's technology would "dramatically reduce water use" and "protect local air quality" at the data center. The abrupt change in plans is emblematic of the unpredictable nature of the AI infrastructure buildout. That unpredictability is only intensifying as Big Tech companies race to build data centers and fight for increasingly scarce electricity resources to power them."Everybody's trying to build capacity to meet this demand," said Patrick Hughes, senior vice president of industry affairs at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.Hughes called the pace of data center construction "unprecedented" and likened the AI race and power scramble to the Wild West.Bring your own powerUtilities across the country have been overwhelmed with requests from data centers to connect to the grid. Rather than risk yearslong waits to come online, many developers are turning to "BYOP" — bring your own power — and planning to self-supply electricity on-site.Oracle is betting big on BYOP. Besides Project Jupiter, the company has announced plans to build natural gas plants at two of its other data center projects with OpenAI. Both are located in Texas.In October, Project Jupiter developers filed air quality permit applications for a natural gas plant with the New Mexico Environment Department. The applications were still pending when they were withdrawn on A...
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In late April 2026, Oracle and BorderPlex Digital Assets said Project Jupiter's AI data center campus in New Mexico would be fully powered by Bloom Energy fuel cells, consolidating the facility into a single microgrid and replacing the previously planned gas turbines and diesel generators with up to 2.45 billion watts of installed capacity. Over the same period, Oracle's expanded ...
