Project Jupiter data center could emit more greenhouse gases than New Mexico's two largest cities combined
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Joshua Bowling
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Project Jupiter, a massive data center campus planned for Doña Ana County, New Mexico, has applied for air quality permits that would allow it to emit over 14 million tons of greenhouse gases annually — more than the combined emissions of Albuquerque and Las Cruces. The facility would also generate as much electricity as the state's largest power company. The permit applications confirm earlier reporting by Source NM on the scale of the project's potential environmental impact.
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· 3 pulledApplications for air quality permits confirm figures that Source NM previously reported: If approved, Project Jupiter could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.
By comparison, Albuquerque and Las Cruces emit a combined 6.7 million metric tons.
Developers behind Project Jupiter, the controversial campus of data centers slated for Doña Ana County, have asked state environment officials to sign off on their plans to emit more greenhouse gases than the state's two largest cities combined.
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