Community erupts in frustration after data center town hall turns into job fair

Frustration boiled over at Tuesday’s Doña Ana County Commission meeting as residents blasted officials for canceling a promised town hall on a massive Santa Teresa data center. Critics of the multi-billion-dollar Project Jupiter accused the county of a "slap in the face" after the public forum was quietly rescheduled and transformed into a corporate job fair hosted by the data center’s builders and developers. Facing intense pushback over the facility's environmental impacts and an opaque approval process, county officials agreed to create an online portal for public questions but indicated an official, independent public meeting could be delayed for months. ✍️: Algernon D’Ammassa 🎥: Algernon D’Ammassa