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<\/p>\nThe Green Chile pipeline that would fuel Oracle\u2019s Project Jupiter data centre in New Mexico has been pushed from 15 August to 1 February 2027, according to a filing by Energy Transfer\u2019s Transwestern unit. The state land commissioner has twice refused the route, citing water use and emissions.<\/p>\n
The pipeline that would fuel Oracle\u2019s largest planned data centre has slipped by nearly six months.<\/a> Energy Transfer\u2019s Transwestern unit told federal regulators on Friday that the Green Chile Project now has an in-service date of 1 February 2027, against a previous target of 15 August.<\/p>\n What it feeds is not a normal building. Project Jupiter in Do\u00f1a Ana County is planned at 2.5 gigawatts, powered by Bloom Energy fuel cells, with Oracle as the tenant hosting AI infrastructure for OpenAI.<\/p>\n The numbers around it are large in every direction. Developers Stack and BorderPlex Digital Assets have talked of investing up to $165bn across 1,400 acres and four buildings, at a company already borrowing heavily to build data centres. The pipeline would carry up to 400 million cubic feet of gas a day, roughly 0.4% of everything produced in the lower 48 states.<\/p>\n Standing in the way is one elected official. New Mexico land commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has refused the route twice, first in March and again on 15 July, because it crosses state trust land.<\/p>\n Her reasoning was not procedural. The project would benefit investors and developers but bring \u201cno significant benefits for state lands,<\/em>\u201d she wrote, calling the burden on New Mexico\u2019s water and natural resources \u201cextreme.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n She was blunter still on emissions, describing app<\/a>roval as \u201cliterally doubling down on dangerous emissions<\/em>\u201d at a moment when the state should be slowing climate change rather than accelerating it.<\/p>\n Oracle has made its own urgency clear. It told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in May that \u201ctime is of the essence<\/em>\u201d and that delay would jeopardise \u201cthe broader objectives of Project Jupiter.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n The fuel cells were already the compromise. Bloom\u2019s solid oxide units replaced planned gas turbines and diesel generators, and Oracle has since expanded that order to 2.8GW, but they still burn gas, which is the pattern across an industry running on fossil fuel while promising otherwise.<\/p>\n Investors read it as a setback. Oracle shares fell about 4% on Friday, while Energy Transfer rose 1.4%.<\/p>\n The lesson is about land rather than capital. Money and chips can be bought at speed, but a 17-mile right of way cannot, and 500 US towns have already blocked data centres of their own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n