Oracle, OpenAI data center seeks permitting reform test in New Mexico

Project Jupiter, a massive AI data center in southern New Mexico backed by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, faces permitting delays that could serve as a case study for whether Congress's bipartisan permitting reform bill would accelerate such

First covered Oct 16, 2026 · 1:10 PM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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25d Heatmap News A Giant Data Center Offers a Permitting Reform Test Case — One of the nation’s largest data centers is struggling under permitting woes. So let’s play a game: would the bipartisan permitting bill in Congress make the…

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heinrich.senate.gov Santa Fe New Mexican: Heinrich proposes legislation to make data centers pay for grid infrastructure | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

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