← Infrastructure/OpenAI Stargate Project Jupiter (Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, New Mexico)

OpenAI Stargate Project Jupiter (Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, New Mexico)

C

Doña Ana County, New Mexico, US · US · OpenAI Inc.

Under ConstructionExplicit AI InfrastructureUnder Review

Environment

Water Stress
Not DisclosedND
Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
Not DisclosedND
Drought Risk
Not DisclosedND

Facility

CompanyOpenAI Inc.
OperatorBorderPlex Digital Assets and STACK Infrastructure (developers); Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (18-year lease, tenant); OpenAI (primary customer)
CategoryExplicit AI Infrastructure
StatusUnder Construction
Planned Year2028
Capacity
2200 MWC

~1,400-acre Stargate campus in Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, with four data center buildings and onsite power generation, leased by Oracle to serve OpenAI. Construction began September 2025; Epoch AI reports foundation work underway and full build-out by Q4 2028. One source says initial operations target end of 2026.

Location
31.8600, -106.6600 · US
Campus AreaApproximate Santa Teresa town centre; campus is ~1,400 acres in Doña Ana County. Coordinates not taken from a primary source; verify before publishing.
RegionDoña Ana County, New Mexico, US
Research statusUnder Review

Evidence (3 sources)

Doña Ana County's Project Jupiter joins $500 billion Stargate initiative led by OpenAI, OracleHigh trust
Journalism

Project status as of 2026-10-26

Project Jupiter is a data center campus in Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, that is part of OpenAI's Stargate program.
OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites standMed trust
Academic2026-04-17

Project status as of 2026-10-26

Project Jupiter, Doña Ana County, NM. 2.2 GW projected; under construction; developer STACK Infrastructure; Q4 2028. Satellite imagery shows that foundation work is underway.
Project Jupiter missed job report deadlines, county saysHigh trust
Journalism

Project status as of 2026-10-26

County acknowledged that the developers are not complying with reporting requirements under the industrial revenue bond agreement.

Community

Community concerns on recordDocumented water concernsPlanning objections on record

Controversial: a nonprofit and two residents sued the county over the industrial revenue bond and tax-rebate approval; county acknowledged developers were not complying with bond reporting requirements; county created an 11-member community monitoring committee. Sources conflict on the bond amount (one headline says $165B, which looks like an error) so the figure is omitted here.

Community flags document events recorded in public sources. They do not imply causal attribution or ongoing harm.

Researcher Notes

Added 2026-10-26 from online research; coordinates are town-level unless noted.

← Back to map