Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC-YGI Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permit Application

Comment From: Lynne Zotalis

6/25/26 @ 4:51 PM

Fuel cells create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed c...↓

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Comment From: Christine Donovan

6/25/26 @ 4:49 PM

We do not have the resources for any data center in NM. They need to figure out another alternative than these centers that contaminate the environment and use vital resources that belong to the community. Please do not allow or approve any allowance...↓

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Comment From: Miranda Wood

6/25/26 @ 4:47 PM

Please DENY this permit due to Bloom Energy's track record with regulatory failures!! The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality per...↓

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Comment From: Zac Egan

6/25/26 @ 4:43 PM

We must not allow project Jupiter to poison our air using untested fuel cell technology. We are not the guinea pigs of major corporations and deserve to have clean air for ourselves and future generations.

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Comment From: Vaughn Jones

6/25/26 @ 4:42 PM

I vehemently disagree with data centers expanding in New Mexico and everywhere. Speculative markets are not more valuable than the lives of people and the health of our environment. Put your capital to something that will actually be of use and impro...↓

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Comment From: Ricardo A. Rivera

6/25/26 @ 4:41 PM

I am a resident of Las Cruces. I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. These AI data centers are being pushed through all over the country without real research into their environmental impact. It isn't enough that...↓

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Comment From: David Phillips

6/25/26 @ 4:37 PM

I go to school nearby and am vehiminautely against this project. There are others who will say what I want to say better, and I urge you listen to them. This is not right for our people. It is not fair to our land, and is not what I voted for. Comple...↓

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Comment From: Angelina Malone

6/25/26 @ 4:35 PM

Why are you letting these data centers destroy our land? Our air? Our people?
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Kierstain Anonymous

6/25/26 @ 4:34 PM

Extend the permit to allow for further testing and review of the project. No pushing forward without giving the people of Dona Ana county their ability to speak in a public forum. DENY THE AIR PERMIT New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) missio...↓

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Comment From: Vanessa Cordero

6/25/26 @ 4:32 PM

I do not approve of Project Jupiter! This project will harm our community and environment!!! We need our water that is already scarce! This will only bring pollution to our air and water! STOP PROJECT JUPITER.

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Comment From: Jesus Sanchez

6/25/26 @ 4:27 PM

Como propietario(a) de un negocio local en condado de Doña Ana, deseo expresar mi solido apoyo al Proyecto Jupiter.

Para empresas como la mia, el Proyecto Jupiter representa una excelente oportunidad economica, con la creacion de 4 000 empleos bien...↓

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Comment From: Caleb Saunders

6/25/26 @ 4:23 PM

As a New Mexico resident, I am writing to express my strong support for Project Jupiter.

I believe Project Jupiter represents a responsible investment in New Mexico's future. The project will create high-quality jobs, strengthen the state's economy,...↓

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Comment From: Daniel Gutierrez

6/25/26 @ 4:11 PM

Escribo para expresar mi apoyo al Proyecto Jupiter, ya que considero que ofrece beneficios significativos para la comunidad

El Proyecto Jupiter tiene el potencial de generar un gran crecimiento economico para el condado de Doña Ana. Se prevé que ge...↓

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Comment From: David Villarreal

6/25/26 @ 4:09 PM

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Comment From: Morgan Cortez

6/25/26 @ 4:09 PM

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Comment From: Ada Ovitt

6/25/26 @ 4:02 PM

Approving this air quality permit would be an act of environmental racism towards the residents of Doña Ana County who are already subjected to poor quality air. Furthermore, Bloom Energy has a history of incorrect toxic waste disposal so it would be...↓

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Comment From: Andrew Hernandez

6/25/26 @ 3:53 PM

I am a resident of L.C. and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secu...↓re future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, a 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. A brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste.

If the permit is not denied, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually.

Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism as residents of Doña Ana County are already disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution.

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Comment From: Helaina Trejo

6/25/26 @ 3:48 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping haza...↓

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Comment From: Kerri Barber

6/25/26 @ 3:46 PM

This should not be approved as it violates the Federal Clean Air Act and poses undue risks to life and property for residents. Further, this company is using black hat techniques to mislead the public time and again. They prove themselves untrustwort...↓

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Comment From: Joe Cardillo

6/25/26 @ 3:39 PM

This project is extremely concerning. Instead of working with community, being transparent, and following the law, Oracle/OpenAI have consistently done the exact opposite. They're currently paying people $25/hr to canvass my neighborhood and get them...↓

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Comment From: Jose Reyes

6/25/26 @ 3:32 PM

New Mexico does not need or want project Jupiter! In fact, NO data centers should be in a DESERT with dwindling water resources. The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste.

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Comment From: Emily McGuire

6/25/26 @ 3:29 PM

I am against the project Jupiter and am concerned about the effect it will Have on air quality I think it is wrong for our state.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members c...↓

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Comment From: Rebecca Murphy

6/25/26 @ 3:17 PM

New Mexico is a state that cares about its people and environment, and this corporation does not care about a single person or a single blade of grass. Keep them out.
Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism as residen...↓

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Comment From: Tiffany Wong

6/25/26 @ 3:02 PM

Leave the air and water alone.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's...↓

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Comment From: Royal Jones

6/25/26 @ 2:59 PM

Members of the Board,

As the largest, privately-owned transportation fleet in the southwestern United States, I'm
writing to express my strong support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant
benefits to Doña Ana County and southern N...↓

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Comment From: Lamaia Vaughn

6/25/26 @ 2:59 PM

Fuel cells will drastically increase air pollution in our county and create other significant environmental risks for county residents.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community mem...↓

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Comment From: E Sandoval

6/25/26 @ 2:58 PM

Please do not provide a permit to project Jupiter. Current data shows that data centers cause environmental damage to nearby communities. The byproducts of the data center will affect the air and water quality for the small rural communities in the a...↓

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Comment From: Sam Gusta

6/25/26 @ 2:57 PM

I think this is completely unacceptable. I have serious concerns about watery usage in a desert, as well as energy requirements. This does not belong in New Mexico. This company has a history of dumping illegal waste. This application should be denie...↓

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Comment From: R Fultz

6/25/26 @ 2:55 PM

The air quality permit MUST be denied. These corporations do NOT share public interests. They have a history of exploitation and unethical practices. Bloom Energy's own history of illegal dumping of hazardous waste is unforgivable. If the permit is n...↓

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Comment From: Virginia Hesse

6/25/26 @ 2:54 PM

I do not approve of project Jupiter and its goal to force this on our communities! We have no water! This is insanity!
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can partic...↓

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Comment From: Adam Cantrell

6/25/26 @ 2:53 PM

I am a resident of Las Cruces and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe an...↓

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Comment From: Mariah Narup

6/25/26 @ 2:50 PM

NO TO THIS WASTEFUL, HARMFUL, UNNECESSARY PROJECT. Purely a corporate money grab at the expense of the citizens. I do not even have the words to describe how unwanted this is by the locals who will have to deal with the fallout of this ecological an...↓

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Comment From: Mario Roriguez

6/25/26 @ 2:27 PM

I urge you to deny the air permits to this project that will poison our air and our environment.

Please deny air quality permit due to the track record of Bloom Energy's regulatory failures.
https://hindenburgresearch.com/bloom-energy-a-clean-ener...↓

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Comment From: Karen Quandt

6/25/26 @ 1:46 PM

Extend the comment period 60 days, give us time to comment!
Deny air quality permit due to the track record of Bloom Energy's regulatory failures.
Hold a public hearing in Santa Teresa if the permit is not denied.

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Comment From: Thomas Gomez

6/25/26 @ 1:12 PM

We stopped those Air Permits we commented on when they wanted to build 42 Natural Gas Turbines to power the data center. They got denied for that. So they pivoted to something faster to build - fuel cells, which are still methane-powered. The builder...↓

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Comment From: Arthur Allen

6/25/26 @ 1:10 PM

While there are many reasons to oppose Project Jupiter, the extreme environmental damage projected by the project provides adequate cause for New Mexico Environment Department to reject the Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC-YGI Microgrid Air Quality C...↓

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Comment From: Orion Curtis

6/25/26 @ 12:49 PM

To whom this may concern,
I am writing this in opposition toward project Jupiter in Dona Ana county. I grew up in new Mexico as did my father, grandmother, great grandmother and so on and so forth. In my life time I have seen the winters become mild ...↓

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Comment From: Neeshia Macanowicz

6/25/26 @ 12:45 PM

I implore the NMED to deny this permit request. Not only does this permit request exceed legal limits of PPM toxic limits of pollutants/greenhouse gas emissions but a power plant of this nature has NEVER been accomplished anywhere in the world. We ar...↓e not a testing ground for Bloom Energy Cells. They have proven, time and again, that they are an unreliable company that disregards local and federal protections because they have been fined $1.4 million dollars for illegally storing and dumping hazardous waste by several states. The next largest Bloom Energy power generator is 1,000 smaller than what they are proposing for this site. The numbers that are provided in this application are incomplete or "rounded." We cannot take a risk or rely on their rounded estimates to allow these volatile fuel cells to be operating in one of the hottest parts of this country. These fuel cells operate at 1,1470°F! This will create a heat island in the Sunland Park and Santa Teresa (SP/ST) area. The people of SP/ST deserve clean air and they are currently living in a non-attainment zone. Their air quality is already dangerous, by installing this power plant, this will exacerbate and put the people there at risk. It makes no sense to put this power plant in SP/ST.

NMED- is it YOUR job to "protect and restore the environment and to foster a healthy and prosperous NM for present and future generations." Why wasn't this permit outright denied because they are proposing to contribute 10 million tons of CO2 into a non-attainment zone? This number is astronomical to consider for a SINGLE entity, for a couple of businesses who have no other investment in our beautiful state.

Why for such a large project are we given a mere 30 days to respond? This is a historical decision for the entire state, and quite frankly, something that will affect our international border with Mexico. We require an additional 60 days to review the jargon-laden application, and respond. The people deserve more time and consideration. This will affect the people. This will affect the global climate catastrophe. The large corporations who own this application have easily hired employees $25/hour to canvass throughout the state to obtain signatures in support of this application but those people do not understand what they are signing. They are not provided the entire application, they cannot decipher the details of this application in their five-minute conversation with an ill-informed and job-desperate individual. This is not just.

Every detail of this entire project, of this operation of canvassers, of the amount of pollution, on the dollar amount is UNPRECENDENTED for this state. We cannot function as if it is business as usual.

If this application is pushed through, NMED is obligated to the people they serve to hold a hearing.
If this application is pushed through, NMED is ushering in such a severe environmental hazard onto the people of ST/SP and Doña Ana County, where majority of the citizens are of a minority race. The Latiné population will be afflicted with health risks induced by the carbon, methane, nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds, benzenes, xylenes, and particulate matter from this permit. The population will suffer because they are being directly impacted by the pollution brought onto us by billionaires that do NOT live here, who will never live here, and who do not see us human beings who deserve access to clean air, water, and planet.

We beg of you, DENY this APPLICATION. Be a force of good for the people of New Mexico.

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Comment From: Liberty Garner

6/25/26 @ 12:43 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is Liberty Garner. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Las Cruces, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexi...↓

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Comment From: Blu Warren

6/25/26 @ 12:42 PM

No no no no stop all projects related to data centers as a respiratory therapist I know these centers will be harmful to all persons who suffer from chronic lung disease! Stop the oligarchs from raping our earth and controlling all data. Why do you...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

6/25/26 @ 12:40 PM

I oppose the building of Project Jupiter. It will deplete our truly precious water sources, pollute our natural resources, and sicken our people. We need to protect this state from money hungry corporations trying to take what is not theirs. New Mexi...↓

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Comment From: Alex Luce

6/25/26 @ 12:38 PM

Hello, I am a resident of Albuquerque and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with my parents, siblings and nieces/nephews. New Mexico -Albuquerque in particular- is my home. Yet the Las Cruces metr...↓

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Comment From: William Johnson

6/25/26 @ 12:36 PM

We don't need or want this in our state.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloo...↓

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Comment From: Heather Anonymous

6/25/26 @ 12:35 PM

We do not want Project Jupiter here in New Mexico. No matter how it is powered, our water and air is too precious for a data center to be allowed in this state. We have seen time and time again that the builders and owners of data centers overuse wat...↓

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Comment From: Ricardo Sullivan

6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant benefits for our community.

Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Doa Ana County. It is anticipated to create 4,000 construction ...↓

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Comment From: Jorge Carbajal

6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:34 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:33 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:33 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:33 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:33 PM

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Comment From: Maryellen Hunner

6/25/26 @ 12:33 PM

I oppose the construction of a data center in Dona Ana county. The risks to the health of New Mexicans outweighs the profits of large corporations. Schools are within 1 imile of the proposed site risking the health of innocent children. Water quality...↓

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Comment From: Tristan Sanchez

6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:32 PM

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Comment From: Monique Contreras

6/25/26 @ 12:31 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:31 PM

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Comment From: Nancy Phillips

6/25/26 @ 12:31 PM

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Comment From: Sophia Pearson

6/25/26 @ 12:28 PM

Dear NMED staff,

My name is Sophia. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Albuquerque, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Env...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

6/25/26 @ 12:27 PM

Project Jupiter will produce toxic waste, harming the environment while polluting and devastating our water supply. There are other/better ways to generate energy. Please protect us!

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and co...↓

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Comment From: Ann Lowe

6/25/26 @ 12:26 PM

Please do not allow Project Jupiter to be built. The dire consequences for our local air and water could destroy our communities.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members c...↓

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Comment From: Gennifer Gates

6/25/26 @ 12:25 PM

We do not need to pay for corporate interests (monetarily or environmentally) including their business decisions to incorporate ai into products without consent. The permit should be denied.

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Comment From: Ana Salinas

6/25/26 @ 12:25 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is Ana Salinas I am a New Mexico resident, living in Albuquerque New Mexico, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the N...↓

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Comment From: Zephyr Jaramillo

6/25/26 @ 12:23 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is Zephyr Jaramillo. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Isleta Pueblo, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New...↓

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Comment From: Bernadette Carrasco

6/25/26 @ 12:18 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:18 PM

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Comment From: Sky West

6/25/26 @ 12:18 PM

NO data center in NM! We are in a massive drought, data centers use an unsustainable amount of water, pollute the environment and are COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. We don't want data centers in New Mexico.

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Comment From: Donna Zdunek

6/25/26 @ 12:17 PM

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Comment From: Raquel Pérez

6/25/26 @ 12:17 PM

Reject project air application for project Jupiter. I do not support.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit applicatio...↓

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Comment From: Mary Durzan

6/25/26 @ 12:17 PM

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6/25/26 @ 12:17 PM

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Comment From: Sophia Nuanez

6/25/26 @ 12:16 PM

It is unacceptable to let such destructive capitalist AI companies extract even more resources from our already over-exploited lands and people. This environmental racism is being endorsed by virtually all public officials and politicians, as they sh...↓

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Comment From: Mitchell Lacassagne

6/25/26 @ 12:16 PM

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Comment From: Alexis Contreras

6/25/26 @ 12:15 PM

We do not want a data center here. They cause so much noise pollution that's going to cause psychological issues. My entire life this area is in and out of drought, we do not have the water supply to support a data center. This will come at the expen...↓

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Comment From: Ellyn Derman

6/25/26 @ 12:14 PM

NO Project Jupiter. Deny the air quality permit due to Bloom Energy's hazardous waste dumping past. Dona Ana County is impacted already with environmental pollution. Jobs for building do not mean jobs after the building is complete and damage continu...↓

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Comment From: Erica Christensen

6/25/26 @ 12:13 PM

I am asking that the air quality permit be denied, as the air quality in Santa Teresa is already poor, and approving this permit would negatively impact the health of local residents. Additionally the public should be given more time, at least 60 day...↓

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Comment From: Sumayah Mustafa

6/25/26 @ 12:12 PM

I absolutely do not support Project Jupiter and I find it disgusting that Doña Ana Counties representatives find it to be an acceptable project when we are in a desert, the Rio Grande is currently dry and air quality is already subpar, it is clear th...↓

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Comment From: Boston Barker

6/25/26 @ 12:11 PM

Reject everything to do with project Jupiter, don't let the company jargon distract from their true intentions, which is to squeeze everything dry so they have more money. They don't need it, but we need the water, energy, and unpoluted land. Project...↓

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Comment From: Melanie Bowden

6/25/26 @ 12:10 PM

I am completely opposed to Project Jupiter.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied given B...↓

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Comment From: Kashka Calvin

6/25/26 @ 12:09 PM

I opposed project Jupiter being passed. The health concerns the environmental concerns and the finance concerns outweigh the projected benefits. Also every other data center that's been built thus far has lied about there power usage water usage and ...↓

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Comment From: Haleemah Dupass

6/25/26 @ 12:07 PM

I live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard.Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's bigg...↓est existing fuel cell plant. In fact, worldwide, Bloom Energy has developed 1.4 GW of fuel cell technology across more than a thousand locations, yet Yucca Growth Infrastructure is asking for nearly double that (2.46 GW of fuel cells) at a singular location. The largest fuel cell plant in the entire world is more than 30 times smaller than the fuel cell plant under consideration in Santa Teresa. There is absolutely no way to know, with certainty, what the actual pollution levels will be given the tremendous size differential, and thus gap in data, between operational fuel cell plants and this theoretical plant proposed by Yucca Growth Infrastructure. Betting the livability of our county on this unpredictable and unproven plan would be a total capitulation and betrayal of your so-called values: "protects the public health of New Mexicans...by preventing the deterioration of air quality;" "protect and restore the environment...foster a healthy NM for present and future generations" Though approximations of annual air pollution were provided, the testing used an extremely weak methodology leaving us, ultimately, with pseudoscientific guesses that have large margins of error. Estimated pollution levels for this gas-powered fuel cell plant are based on only three 4-hour pollution tests from a very small unit (only 65 kW). This is a far cry from thousands of sweltering fuel cells operating 24/7 at maximum output in close proximity, all in the scorching heat of our open desert. The lack of rigorous testing at even this small of a scale is lazy and very concerning, especially given that the gas power plant Yucca Growth Infrastructure wants to build is 37,000 times bigger than this unit.
A 15% "safety margin" was added to the numbers provided by the applicant. Safety margins are not usually added if a company is confident in the accuracy of their pollution estimates. Even small variations from this superficial test will result in massively different levels of pollution and given that the plant will be 37,000 bigger than the testing unit, a 15% safety margin is completely insufficient–it could work as a margin for a single unit, but not the entire plant. If a unit has a 0.01% chance of failing (sounds promising right?), the odds of 37,000 of those units working perfectly at the same time is 2.47% (pathetically low feasibility). That means there is a 97.53% chance that the plant will experience at least one failure. What will the exact level of redundancy be? Will more fuel cells be rubberstamped or pollution levels overlooked in five years or less due to age-related inefficiencies? What about cases of catastrophic failure? Are we approving those deadly incidents of pollution in advance without any real data informing us of the risks at this scale? Highly flammable hydrogen under high pressure only needs a microscopic crack to leak out, ignite, explode, and level entire neighborhoods and schools while sending shockwaves into nearby counties. Assuming this risk, an act of gross negligence, at a scale that has never even remotely been demonstrated in practice would be unbelievably careless. These permits must be denied outright. If further deliberation is desired, a public hearing in Santa Teresa is non-negotiable.

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Comment From: Laura Hintermeier

6/25/26 @ 12:06 PM

I am against the Project Juipter and any AI center in Dona Ana County due to the environmental threats it poses. The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste.

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Comment From: Stephen Ainsa

6/25/26 @ 12:05 PM

I strongly oppose project Jupiter or any data center being constructed within Dona Ana county.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

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Comment From: Gabriela Leon

6/25/26 @ 12:03 PM

My name is Gabriela Leon. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Rio rancho, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Environment Depar...↓

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Comment From: Isabella Kelly

6/25/26 @ 12:02 PM

Nobody wants project Jupiter and nobody wants data centers

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

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Comment From: Valorie Edmister

6/25/26 @ 11:57 AM

I do NOT support Project Jupiter! A data center does not benefit our environment or people. I vote NO!!!

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably....↓

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Comment From: Arturo Marrufo

6/25/26 @ 11:55 AM

I do not stand with Project Jupiter. They are trying to ruin our livelihood and people that do agree are being bought out.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can part...↓

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