New Mexico Supreme Court stays on key aspects of Project Jupiter lifted
News ClipThe Daily Lobo·Sunland Park, Doña Ana County, NM·9/28/2026
The New Mexico Supreme Court lifted a temporary stay on key aspects of Project Jupiter, a hyperscale data center in Doña Ana County. This decision allows for the continuation of air quality permit hearings and water use from a well in Sunland Park. The court also denied emergency petitions filed by New Energy Economy and the Center for Biological Diversity without further explanation.
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On Aug. 23, the New Mexico Supreme Court paused proceedings for Project Jupiter, the hyperscale data center under construction in Doña Ana County, temporarily halting their air quality permit hearing and ability to draw water from a well in Sunland Park, NM. The court lifted the stay on Sept. 17, seven days after denying the project developer’s motion to vacate the stay. All five justices in the court agreed to lift the stay and deny emergency petitions filed by New Energy Economy and the Center for Biological Diversity, allowing hearing proceedings for the air quality permit and water use from the well to continue. The court did not provide further explanation for their decision to deny the petitions.
Colin Cox, an attorney for the Center of Biological Diversity, called the emergency petitions “unusual” and said it was “very rare” for the Court to grant the stay.
“It’s exceedingly rare that we even got that,” Cox told the Daily Lobo. “It’s also typical for them to issue this sort of thumbs-up, thumbs-down decision without any explanation.” ;