WHAT IS PROJECT JUPITER?
Project Jupiter is a groundbreaking investment to bring an innovative infrastructure campus to Doña Ana County.
OVERVIEW
Project Jupiter is a major investment in Doña Ana County, delivering an innovative data center campus that supports economic growth and efficient resource use. By combining digital infrastructure with on-site power and advanced, water-efficient cooling, the project will operate without straining water utilities or the electric grid.
Project Jupiter is delivering strong community and economic benefits, creating thousands of well-paying jobs for construction and ongoing operations, driving infrastructure investment, and generating hundreds of millions in new revenue for local governments. The project includes $50 million for water system improvements, $360 million to support schools, infrastructure, and public services, and $6.9 million to fund workforce development, the Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces, clean drinking water, Doña Ana Community College, and habitat restoration.
Project Jupiter Will:
- Invest up to $165 billion in Doña Ana County
- Provide $360 million in direct support for schools, infrastructure, and local services
- Commit $50 million to help repair, upgrade, and improve local water systems
- Contribute $6.9 million to fund community projects including workforce development, the Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces, clean drinking water, Doña Ana Community College, and habitat restoration
- Create 4,000 construction jobs and support 1,500 ongoing project-supported jobs, prioritizing local hiring
- Pay full-time salaries averaging $75K–$100K plus benefits
- Prioritize training, upskilling, and hiring of Doña Ana County residents
- Privately fund all infrastructure for the site
- Use Bloom Energy fuel cells to fully power the data center campus, reducing NOₓ emissions by approximately 92% compared to gas turbines
- Bear all energy costs for Project Jupiter, ensuring the initiative has no impact on residents’ electricity rates or grid stability
Project Jupiter Will NOT:
- Increase electricity bills for New Mexico residents or businesses
- Use the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority’s (CRRUA) public drinking-water supply for anything other than office water use (kitchens, bathrooms, etc.) at the project site
- Use a water-intensive evaporative cooling system at the data center campus (a closed-loop system will be used instead)
- Require ongoing water use for data center cooling or power generation during normal operations
- Reduce availability or reliability of electricity
- Ask the County for funding; no public money will be borrowed or at risk
- Expose taxpayers to financial risk
PROJECT JUPITER UPDATE
As of April 2026, the project employs more than 1,200 team members, surpassed 1 million hours worked, and reached a new daily high of more than 1,600 onsite personnel.
KEY COMPONENTS OF PROJECT JUPITER
Project Jupiter’s Data Centers
- Data centers provide the digital infrastructure that supports many of the digital services and technologies people rely on every day. From online learning and healthcare systems to financial transactions, cloud computing, streaming services, communications, and emerging artificial intelligence applications, nearly everything that happens online depends on data centers.
- Project Jupiter is an innovative campus that will include four data centers and will bring long-term economic opportunity to Doña Ana County through high-quality jobs, workforce development, and infrastructure investment while supporting sustained economic growth and diversification in the region. The facilities are designed to support growing demand for AI infrastructure using advanced computing technology alongside efficient energy and cooling systems.
Data Center Cooling Design
- The data centers will use treated industrial non-potable water for the initial one-time fill of the closed-loop, non-evaporative building cooling system.
- The cooling liquid circulates within sealed pipes and is continuously reused. As a result, day-to-day operations do not require additional water, and any needed top-offs are rare.
Microgrid
- Data centers are the backbone of emergency services, financial institutions, and healthcare systems. They must be available every hour of the day, which means data centers require continuous, reliable power.
- To meet this demand without impacting local electricity costs or grid stability, Project Jupiter will use on-site power generation supported by Bloom Energy fuel cells. This approach is designed to deliver reliable, around-the-clock power with low emissions and requiring only minimal maintenance-related water use during normal operation.
- Bloom Energy fuel cells have served for nearly two decades as a primary source of electricity for hospitals, college campuses, data centers, manufacturing facilities, and other critical industries in the U.S.
- This updated power design will replace Project Jupiter’s previously planned gas turbines and diesel generators and consolidate the facility into one single microgrid campus.
- Fuel cells generate electricity without combustion, meaning the Bloom Energy microgrid is highly efficient with low emissions and minimal water use. Compared to gas turbines, the Bloom Energy microgrid will reduce NOₓ emissions by approximately 92%.
Water Stewardship
- Project Jupiter’s water strategy is designed to minimize impact on local resources while maintaining predictable, low usage. The data center and microgrid will not use public drinking water for operations, instead relying on existing, non-potable industrial water sources.
- Operational water use across the full campus is expected to be driven by typical office needs such as sinks, restrooms, and employee safety needs. The projected campus water usage is comparable to a typical office building.
- Designed with regional water constraints in mind, the data center campus will use closed-loop, non-evaporative cooling systems that continuously recirculate cooling liquid within sealed pipes, avoiding the ongoing water consumption associated with traditional evaporative cooling. The building cooling system will use treated non-potable water for an initial one-time fill.
- Bloom Energy fuel cells require a separate one-time initial fill but will not require water during normal operations. The project will use non-potable water sources for these initial fills.
- In parallel, Project Jupiter is investing $50 million to help repair, upgrade, and improve local water systems, alongside broader community commitments, to support long-term water stewardship in Doña Ana County.
INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS (IRB)
No Financial Risk to County
KICKSTARTING BIG INVESTMENTS:
IRBs are used by counties to attract large-scale projects like data centers and factories.
FORECASTING PROJECT BUDGET:
Bond request size ($165B) signals how much may be invested over the entire project term.
JOBS AND LOCAL SPENDING:
IRBs lower certain taxes (like property and gross receipts tax) allowing the project to grow, create jobs, and invest locally for the long term.
NO COUNTY RISK:
Doña Ana County does not spend its own money or take on debt, Project Jupiter funds the entire development.
FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO DOÑA ANA COUNTY:
Project Jupiter commits to making $360M in “payments in lieu of taxes” (PILOTs) over a 30-year period to directly support schools, infrastructure, and local services.
HOW IT WORKS:
During the term, Doña Ana County temporarily owns the site and leases it back to Project Jupiter, which enables the tax benefits.