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Residents urge Doña Ana County to reopen review of Project Jupiter amid health and water concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the commission Project Jupiter was pushed through without adequate oversight and warned of large water use, doubled emissions and harmful local health impacts; the commission listened but took no immediate action during public comment.
A series of public commenters on Feb. 24 urged Doña Ana County commissioners to subject Project Jupiter — a proposed large-scale data center project — to more public oversight, citing environmental, water and health concerns.
Several speakers asked the board to reopen public review or pursue stronger state oversight. "Project Jupiter will only set to increase this with consuming millions of gallons of water, pumping twice as much CO2 as all the New Mexico power plant plants…
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