Doña Ana County says Project Jupiter missed job report deadlines
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.N. (KVIA) — On Tuesday, the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to notify Project Jupiter data center officials of a potential breach of contract. This is the second notice of a possible breach within the last month.
The Project Jupiter data center is under construction in the Santa Teresa area.
A map shows where the $165 billion data center campus — dubbed “Project Jupiter” would be located in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
Commissioner Chair Manuel Sanchez made the motion to, “authorize the Acting County Managers and Interim County Attorney to issue a notice of breach of the Project Jupiter IRB and the community benefits agreement for failure by the Project Jupiter companies to report jobs data in accordance with the requirements of those agreements.”
A Doña Ana County spokesperson said to ABC-7, “The jobs report deadline of October 31st was missed. As of 5 pm yesterday, the County still had not received complete job reports for the third quarter of 2026. This is the second time in 2026 that jobs data related to Project Jupiter was not received by the deadline established by the IRBs.”
According to the Local Economic Development Act agreement outlined in the Project’s Participation Agreement with Doña Ana County and the New Mexico Environment Department, Project Jupiter has to submit quarterly job reports. If they don’t, they won’t get state disbursements.
STACK Infrastructure is the one of the companies leading the project, they sent ABC-7 a statement that said:
“STACK takes its commitments to Doña Ana County seriously. We value our ongoing dialogue with state and local officials regarding the quarterly jobs reporting requirements and appreciate the continued engagement. As of October 2026, the project is already exceeding its job creation commitments under the Community Benefits Agreement, with more than 5,000 workers on site. Of those workers, 1,652 are New Mexico residents, including 756 Doña Ana County residents, and nearly half are union workers. These numbers have been submitted to the county. We remain focused on working collaboratively with the county and delivering meaningful economic benefits to the community.”
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