Data Centers Atlas: New Mexico

Legal action: Stargate Project Jupiter

Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of Center for Biological Diversity's emergency mandamus petition involving the State Engineer and lifted its August stay. KANW links the case to non-potable groundwater for Project Jupiter construction. This court outcome does not establish measured water impacts, operational cooling demand or resolution of every water concern.

Record status: resolved. Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of the named S-1-SC-41580 mandamus request and lifted its prior stay on September 17, 2026. Resolved applies only to that court procedure. No explanatory environmental merits findings, current permits, operational compliance or outcome of the distinct county cases were independently established.

Event date: September 17, 2026

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: September 17, 2026

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The original September 17, 2026 court filing stamp and signed order establish the decision day for S-1-SC-41580. The prior stay was dated August 23; no petition filing date is invented. The original court PDF first-publication day is unknown. Its signature and court filing dates are decision dates. KANW separately published its report September 23, 2026.

Raised or recorded by Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Company statement reported by an outlet

Oracle stated, according to KANW, that construction uses non-potable water from an existing water-rights holder for activities such as dust control, with State Engineer oversight. It also described conservation efforts. These are outlet-reported company statements, not independent measurements or a response resolving every water concern.

KANW explicitly presents the Oracle spokesperson statement in its account of the same construction-water dispute. It addresses construction-water use, not every operational water or unrelated county-procedure issue. September 23 is the outlet publication; the original company statement day is unknown.

Response publication date: September 23, 2026

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Legal action: Stargate Project Jupiter

Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of New Energy Economy's mandamus request concerning the Project Jupiter air-permit proceeding and lifted its August stay. The order records that named court procedure without explanatory environmental findings. It does not establish an issued permit, actual emissions, present compliance or resolution of the separate county lawsuits.

Record status: resolved. Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of the named S-1-SC-41579 mandamus request and lifted its prior stay on September 17, 2026. Resolved applies only to that court procedure. No explanatory environmental merits findings, current permits, operational compliance or outcome of the distinct county cases were independently established.

Event date: September 17, 2026

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: September 17, 2026

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The original September 17, 2026 court filing stamp and signed order establish the decision day for S-1-SC-41579. The prior stay was dated August 23; no petition filing date is invented. The original court PDF first-publication day is unknown. Its signature and court filing dates are decision dates. KANW separately published its report September 23, 2026.

Raised or recorded by Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Google Lea County evaluation

Recorded event date: September 14, 2026

Google publicly announced that it was exploring a potential Lea County, New Mexico data center. Discussions and details remained open; this is not an approval, construction start or opening.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

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Legal action: Stargate Project Jupiter

New Mexico Environmental Law Center filed a complaint alleging that Doña Ana County violated open-meetings requirements when adopting Project Jupiter ordinances. It requested that the ordinances and related commitments be voided. These are the filed allegations and requested relief, not a court finding or a verified cancellation of the project.

Record status: unknown. The current independent court disposition is unknown in this bounded review. Counsel describes the litigation as ongoing, but no present docket or final ruling was inspected. The complaint does not establish that its requested ordinance invalidation or other relief was granted.

Event date: February 6, 2026

Source publication date: February 10, 2026

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The original court stamp and signature identify February 6, 2026 as the filing day. This is separate from the September 19, 2025 county meeting and the earlier bond-application lawsuit. Source New Mexico published February 10, 2026. First public posting of the filed complaint and evolving counsel case page is unknown; publication is not substituted for the February 6 filing.

Raised or recorded by New Mexico Environmental Law Center.

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.