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

Comment From: Elicia Diaz

7/05/26 @ 2:07 PM

Dear NMED staff,

My name is Elicia Diaz. I live in Henderson, NV, 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 Department ...↓

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/05/26 @ 2:07 PM

Dear NMED staff, I am writing anonymously as a New Mexico resident 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 Department to reject Yucca Grow...↓

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Comment From: Rocio Martinez

7/05/26 @ 2:07 PM

As a resident of New Mexico I wholeheartedly disapprove of any data centers being built in this beautiful state. Though I live in northern New Mexico, the effects of air pollution and the mistreatment of our water supply affects our community greatly...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/05/26 @ 2:07 PM

In a world where we should be fighting against climate change, things like this are happening and affecting all of us. We lived without ai before we could do it again but we cannot live without this planet. While selfish and selfless billionaires are...↓

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Comment From: Kevin Sha

7/05/26 @ 2:06 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 big...↓gest 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: SOPHIA OGBONNA

7/05/26 @ 2:06 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is [OGBONNA SOPHIA]. I live in [NIGERIA], 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 Department t...↓

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Comment From: leahnnie bisono

7/05/26 @ 2:06 PM

this is completely unfair to people who did not ask for this, the animals, nature, or even our own planet we live on. approving this permit would be government sponsored environmental racism as residents of doña ana county already are disproportionat...↓

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Comment From: Beautiful Turner

7/05/26 @ 2:05 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Hope Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 2:05 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is Hope. I live in Myanmar, Yangon, 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 Department to reje...↓

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Comment From: KHLOE ZOMBIE

7/05/26 @ 2:05 PM

I am a resident of santa fe. 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 sec...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/05/26 @ 2:04 PM

Please do everything in your power to stop the construction of project jupiter. A different fuel system does not undo the environmental damage that will be done if this is built. Please, for the sake of our air, our water, our home, do the right thin...↓

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Comment From: Angelique Maestas

7/05/26 @ 2:04 PM

To the New Mexico Environment Department,

As a lifelong resident of New Mexico living in Moriarty, I am writing to strongly urge NMED to deny the air quality permit applications for the Project Jupiter data center microgrids. While out-of-state a...↓

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Comment From: Serenity Stewart

7/05/26 @ 2:04 PM

Are we going to add ecological collapse to the list of things the government is pointedly ignoring and being ignorant about? What's the goal after pushing Earth to a point of irreversibility? Humans have thrived for centuries (decades more recently) ...↓

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Comment From: Kirana Erlangga

7/05/26 @ 2:03 PM

Dear NMED staff,

My name is Kirana, 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 Department to reject Yucca Growth Infras...↓

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Comment From: Aria Na

7/05/26 @ 2:03 PM

This data center is REALLY bad for the environment, please do better. The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored en...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 2:03 PM

Project Jupiter will destroy the earth it will take all the water and resources it will destroy the atmosphere and the air the new technology will not change anything it will still be as bad for the planet as it was before and if this project succeed...↓

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Comment From: Isabeal Donahue

7/05/26 @ 2:02 PM

No AI!!! We were doing fine without it!

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 outright gi...↓

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Comment From: n/a Hernandez

7/05/26 @ 2:02 PM

Honestly no reason to have this here, not only will it be taking water but it disturbs wildlife.

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Comment From: Tessa felts

7/05/26 @ 2:01 PM

This project is disgusting I don't want more ai and I want animals to have there homes back.

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: Lorenzo De La O

7/05/26 @ 2:01 PM

This project completely undermines our entire community in Albuquerque and around like los ranchos for example. A lot of these family depend on the little water we have as is and it's going to be taken away from us for some irrelevant companies that ...↓

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Comment From: isai morgan

7/05/26 @ 2:01 PM

NO 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.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's histor...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 2:00 PM

We need water to survive not AI.
you're causing harm to an entire ecosystem including humans!
STOP

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: Ciara Tss Farrell

7/05/26 @ 2:00 PM

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 secure future. That future is un...↓

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Comment From: KEYLA PEREZ

7/05/26 @ 1:59 PM

I live in Arizona and I don't want an experimental technology made on people's homes.
"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 p...↓

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Comment From: Israel Pleasant

7/05/26 @ 1:59 PM

Billionaire profits at the risk of resources and land that are already deprived is corrupt. The habitat destruction in New Mexico is already too much with urban construction taking over especially in rural areas like Rio Rancho and then too add a use...↓

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Comment From: Sydney Padilla

7/05/26 @ 1:59 PM

Project Jupiter is harmful to our local community and I believe that the construction of the Project Jupiter AI data center should be shut down as soon as possible.

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Comment From: Angelynn White

7/05/26 @ 1:58 PM

Easy internet use shouldn't come before the earths condition and the lives of everyone else

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 qua...↓

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Comment From: bianca guzmab

7/05/26 @ 1:58 PM

hello i am a 19 year old woman in college, i oppose to this data center being built due to the fact that it is very harmful to our environment. my future children will not have a chance to see the world the way i was able to see it. data centers use ...↓

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Comment From: Lebron Portolazo

7/05/26 @ 1:58 PM

I prefer other Animals than your stupid Data Center...This is just so stupid...You don't even think of what your actions will cost US,not just You...we...all of us...the people the younger generations,the more generations to come...Will SUFFER cause ...↓

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Comment From: Mary Jane

7/05/26 @ 1:57 PM

Dear NMED staff,
My name is Mary Jane. I live far from New Mexico, but 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 Department t...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:57 PM

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste, which harms both the community and the environment

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Comment From: abby anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:56 PM

A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train...↓

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/05/26 @ 1:56 PM

We do not need Ai data centers, we have gone so long without them. These data centers do nothing for us other than mess the environment up even more. They cause more harm than they do good. They need to be shut down for good.

The public should be gi...↓

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Comment From: Ashlynn Ledford

7/05/26 @ 1:56 PM

We don't need to harm our planet anymore for you guys to know the risk and still do it is insane.

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Comment From: GABRIELLA RAMIREZ

7/05/26 @ 1:56 PM

Stop Jupiter Project!!!!
"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 outright given Bloom Energ...↓

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Comment From: Eshana n/a

7/05/26 @ 1:55 PM

We do not want this data center in our community. We don't support ai or any other data center. The people are angry and unhappy. Actually more than anything we are heartbroken. Stop this now!

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Comment From: Salié Portillo

7/05/26 @ 1:55 PM

KEEP DATA CENTERS OUT OF NEW MEXICO WE NEED WATER, AND CLEAN WATER AT THAT.

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Comment From: Darializ Fradera-Rivera

7/05/26 @ 1:55 PM

I urge NMED to reject the air permit application for the health of our environment and local communities.

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Comment From: Alyssa Brandolini

7/05/26 @ 1:55 PM

Stop destroying the only planet we have for selfish gains. 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 ...↓

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Comment From: Tim Keller

7/05/26 @ 1:54 PM

I strongly admonish the new construction of the Yucca Growth Infrastructure LLC–YGI Microgrid data center in New Mexico and urge all parties to halt development until there is clear, transparent public review of environmental impacts, energy sourcing...↓

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Comment From: Autumn Avila

7/05/26 @ 1:54 PM

New Mexico DOES NOT need a data center!!!!

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Comment From: MORGAN Rhiannon of Trow

7/05/26 @ 1:54 PM

This shouldn't even be a question about the impact. You have the ability to stop this. Why not be the change. Be the good. Be the love, beloved. If not for you or for us, for Roses Well, For the spring of hope that we all have. Open Ai is The Close t...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:54 PM

All of us who care for the well-being of our nature and planet, our only home, should take part in helping save that environment, AI has gone too far and industries don't care about the communities affected, the population has to scream for justice. ...↓

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Comment From: Patricia Emerson

7/05/26 @ 1:54 PM

Please don't do this. I have Asthma and the air quality is really important to me because if it gets worse, which will 100% happen with this data center my asthma attacks will be more frequent and the risk of having COPD is also heighten. As an Air Q...↓

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Comment From: McKinna Berry

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

I ask you to NOT go through with project Jupiter. Project Jupiter is going to warm so many families, and wild life. People are native to the land around them and they will be forced to leave that. Imagine how you would feel, knowing your own home is ...↓

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Comment From: Justin Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

AI is not more important than a necessity we need to live: water. AI is something NOBODY needs in order to live while water is.
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can ...↓

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Comment From: Kayden Lee

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

We need to deny their air permit and also remove Jupiter project as a whole. This will destroy our environment and accelerate climate change. To stop killing our planet, the project has to be gone if we want a sustainable earth.

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Comment From: Oliver NA

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

Data centers are a waste of space, hurt the environment and are a fucking waste of money, that could be spend helping our earth and not hurting it, they shouldn't exist, Donald Trump is a fucking stupid ass man who has no common sense or care for the...↓

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Comment From: Nawal Haddad

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

We have no planet b, we cannot be wasting our limited resources on data centers. Project Jupiter is going to do more harm than good to our planet and to us. Something that you aren't realizing is if we kill our planet we are killing ourselves, this h...↓

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Comment From: Katelyn Davidson

7/05/26 @ 1:53 PM

WE DON'T NEED ANY AI! LET THE FUTURE GENERATIONS EXPERIENCE A GOOD PLANET! 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 applic...↓

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Comment From: Kayla Gordon

7/05/26 @ 1:52 PM

Stop hurting our planet, we only get one. 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 outright g...↓

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Comment From: Kathleen LeMone

7/05/26 @ 1:52 PM

Don't poison our air!!! Deny these permits or at least extend the comment period and hold a PUBLIC hearing. It is ridiculous that project jupiter hired canvassers to manufacture consent regarding these permits. FIX IT!

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Comment From: Sandra saad

7/05/26 @ 1:52 PM

Stop 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 outright given Bloom Energy's ...↓

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Comment From: ALYSSA VILLAGOMEZ

7/05/26 @ 1:52 PM

stop building data centers when we do not need AI to live.

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Comment From: Rita Zevallos

7/05/26 @ 1:52 PM

Although the data center has committed not to use potable drinking water, it is still using water that is necessary for the survival of the ecosystem that our independence relies
on.

The Rio Grande River ran entirely dry last year, with dead fish in...↓

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Comment From: Ahmad Khalil

7/05/26 @ 1:51 PM

Stop Project Jupiter and save our planet! 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 outright g...↓

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Comment From: Jesalyne Arellano

7/05/26 @ 1:51 PM

No more AI 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.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energ...↓

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Comment From: Anna Jusge

7/05/26 @ 1:51 PM

I am someone who is concerned about residents safety in a local capacity as well as a larger human community and general public well being. Seeing this plan the public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality per...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:50 PM

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Furthermore, the center itself should not be built. It is an UNNECESSARY project that will only cause more harm than good, especially...↓

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Comment From: Rhianna Roadifer

7/05/26 @ 1:50 PM

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

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Comment From: Cinthia prieto

7/05/26 @ 1:50 PM

The United States does not need more data center. They use drinking water from communities that already struggle and will harm the environment. The true question that must be posed is what will this giant project do for the communities other then fil...↓

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Comment From: N/A N/A

7/05/26 @ 1:50 PM

Stop 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 outright given Bloom Energy's ...↓

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Comment From: Emaad Mirbaz

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

stop 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.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

Project Jupiter's power plant will release up to 10 million tons of greenhouse gasses, thus ruining the New Mexico environment and all the action people have taken to protect said environment.

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Comment From: Eli Carton

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

Hello,

I am writing to oppose granting this permit, I do not believe that Project Jupiter has any redeeming qualities when it comes to the environment or the well-being of the people of Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, or the surrounding areas.

Data C...↓enters such as this one cannot be environmentally friendly, it is in their best interest, and their standards, to remain online 99.995% of the time, to do so requires fossil fuels, as we neither have the infrastructure to run such a project on renewables, and they have no interest in building any for themselves, as renewables are not able to keep up with their uptime.

Let's do a calculation, the people behind Project Jupiter have previously stated that they would power the data center using natural gas, an abundant and cheap energy source, but also a polluting single use source. They plan on building a 700MW power station, according to a paper published by the New Mexico State Legislature, in that same paper they estimate 2.7 million tons of CO2 will be produced annually, roughly 3 times the pollution generated by the city of Las Cruces, New Mexicos' second largest city. 2.7 Million tons of CO2 a year is roughly the same amount of carbon emissions as the entire country of Chad, almost twice the entire emissions as the Bahamas, and 5 times the pollution of the country of Greenland, in only a fraction of the area, and only from one source, polluting an entire county and surrounding areas.

Additionally, I would like to point out how telling the fact that they are forging signatures is to the popularity of this project. They can't find enough people that support this project, so they have to make up statements. This project has been littered with lies and falsehoods from day one, and we should not be rewarding those that attempt to pull the wool over our collective eyes. They lied about how many jobs it will create, they lied about it's support, they are actively trying to lie about it's environmental impact, and I would not be surprised if they were lying about both the budget, and where that money will go, because I'm willing to bet that only a fraction of the money they are spending will go into the state of New Mexico.

I would like to leave you with this, Las Cruces is a college town, people walk to and from classes, people go to concerts downtown, or on the lawn behind Corbett Center. I go to school in Las Cruces, my sister is going to go to school in Las Cruces, my friends live there. This data center would make all of our lives measurably worse, no one enjoys breathing in pollution, no one enjoys smog. I haven't even touched on the water yet, NMSU already has notoriously poor water, this would make it worse, in every conceivable way and this is a problem that would affect El Paso as well, as El Paso gets much of it's water from the Rio Grande, which Project Jupiter is conceivably taking water from. We can't afford the worse air quality, or the extra water usage, and this Microgrid goes against the states renewable energy goals.

I would like to make it as clear as I possibly can, I am not in support of Project Jupiter, and I do not believe we should be letting them continue with this project.

Deny this permit, thank you for your time.
Eli Carton

Sources:
https://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/sites/stpp/files/2025-07/stpp-data-centers-2025.pdf
https://sourcenm.com/2026/06/30/new-mexico-residents-say-their-names-used-without-permission-to-support-project-jupiter-data-center/
https://www.nmlegis.gov/handouts/WNR%20102925%20Item%205%20ECDAC%20Project%20Jupiter%20Risks%20and%20Policy%20Gaps.pdf
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

(Please note: this message was previously sent via email, I do not intend to send duplicates, but I did not see my comment appear in the list.)

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Comment From: Ismael Esquivel

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

Because its effecting our ecosystem.

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: Jenae O'Neil

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit.

This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: CHUAH CHING YEN

7/05/26 @ 1:49 PM

Please stop hurting mother earth.

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 outright given Bl...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:48 PM

New Mexicans are best known because of our traditional values. That includes being good stewards of the land and taking care of it. This also includes the air we breathe and the water we drink. As a small local farmer, I rely on water to feed my crop...↓

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Comment From: Matilda Barrand

7/05/26 @ 1:48 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 outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dum...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:48 PM

We need to start valuing nature as a society. Soon enough, our Earth will reach a point of no return regarding global warming; it seems as if these corporations don't really care. No, we do not need more data centres, we need more: trees planted, ani...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:48 PM

WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT AI! These data centers and hurting the climate and will no justice for us humans in the long run. So, why do install something that can worsen our home, being Earth? Earth is already polluted enough, why worsen that? So billionair...↓

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Comment From: Miranda Latorena

7/05/26 @ 1:47 PM

Dear NMED staff,

My name is Miranda. I live in Manila, Philippines, 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 Departmen...↓

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Comment From: audrie Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:47 PM

I am a resident of LA 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 secure...↓ 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, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My 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.

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 outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism directed at residents of Doña Ana County.
If the permit is not denied outright, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually.

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Comment From: JAY JOHN

7/05/26 @ 1:47 PM

Why would you want to ruin our planet? We do not need AI centers. Humanity has lasted hundreds and thousands of years without AI, and you will only ruin the planet more with this. Think of the people and not the money for once. We beg of you, stop ru...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:47 PM

Hello, I don't think project Jupiter should be approved. I am against all AI. AI is killing are planet. Instead of spending billions of money on the Project Jupiter, we should use that money to save the animals going extinct, to plant more trees, and...↓

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Comment From: Alaina Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:46 PM

I oppose project Jupiter. We don't need another data center in a world where we already have limited water. We have had thousands of years with our own imagination.

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Comment From: Tobias Vesper

7/05/26 @ 1:46 PM

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Comment From: Akylai Sultanova

7/05/26 @ 1:46 PM

I oppose the Project Jupiter because i think that all it would do is only harm. Lives of people will be severely affected by it and it will cause no good to our planet and people.A lot of toxins will be released into the air and the consequences of i...↓

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Comment From: Candela Celeiro Fernández

7/05/26 @ 1:46 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Candela. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Santa Fe, 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 Environm...↓

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Comment From: Dan Jacquez

7/05/26 @ 1:46 PM

Data centers are hazardous for the environment and only benefit the billion dollar company who selfishly make them. There are major concerns about the tremendous amount of water usage and pollution that comes with building these centers. Please do no...↓

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/05/26 @ 1:45 PM

No more 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 outright given Bloom Energ...↓

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Comment From: Shayna Burkdoll

7/05/26 @ 1:45 PM

My name is Shayna Burkdoll, I am a New Mexico resident. 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 Department to reject Yucc...↓

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Comment From: Zuzanna Zuzanna Olszewska

7/05/26 @ 1:45 PM

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 undisclo...↓

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Comment From: John Martin

7/05/26 @ 1:45 PM

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Comment From: Lia Victoria Hernandez

7/05/26 @ 1:44 PM

I grew up in Tucson, constantly hearing about the importance of our water and our duty to care for our land. In order to understand both, one much be aware that our natural world does not care for state borders; that what happens in one state will af...↓

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Comment From: CHLOE O

7/05/26 @ 1:44 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Chloe.
Although I am not a New Mexico resident, I am a resident of earth, and I am writing because I am very concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to the world globally. I am submitting this comment to ...↓

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/05/26 @ 1:44 PM

Dear NMED staff, I am a New Mexico resident, 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 Department to reject Yucca Growth In...↓

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Comment From: Aggod Alina

7/05/26 @ 1:44 PM

How would it be possible for a data center this big to cause no trouble? There is already global warming and much more things that are actively destroying our earth and we do not need another one. AI data centers already take away a lot of clean, dri...↓nkable water. So if we make another, even bigger data center it can and possibly will put our future that already is not promised to be good in extreme risk, many people will not have acces to clean water and many lifes will be at risk, there are already many people who have struggles with accesing drinkable water and one of the main reasons for that is AI data centers. This project is a really horrible idea and it would cause so much damage to this planet, especially to the people that are living in that area/close to that area. What about cases of catastrophic failure? Are we approving those deadly incidents of pollutionin advance without any real data informing us of the risks at this scale? Highly flammablehydrogen 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 deniedoutright. If further deliberation is desired, a public hearing in Santa Teresa is non-negotiable. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis.
Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilment of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:44 PM

I am a citizen from the Philippines I do not live near the Project Jupiter or live in the same country. I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I care about our planet that have been taking care of us long before e...↓

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Comment From: Nancy Martinez

7/05/26 @ 1:43 PM

Stop generative Ai, we dont need it. WE CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT IT! STOP!!

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Comment From: Molly Blackenship

7/05/26 @ 1:43 PM

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Comment From: Rosa Soriano

7/05/26 @ 1:43 PM

I strongly oppose the proposed Yucca Growth Infrastructure (YGI) Microgrid/Data Center project in Doña Ana County due to concerns about air pollution and public health impacts. This project could worsen local air quality through emissions, constructi...↓

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Comment From: Brianna Gómez

7/05/26 @ 1:42 PM

I am completely against project Jupiter, and against more 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.
The air quality permit applicati...↓

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Comment From: 김주 김주

7/05/26 @ 1:42 PM

Stop please i need water

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 outright given Bloom Energ...↓

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Comment From: Mia Winter

7/05/26 @ 1:41 PM

Building an ai center would be horribly devastating to the local and state ecosystems and disrupt the quality of life of any locals and state inhabitants, driving out many citizens. As such I urge you to completely cancel all construction progress fo...↓

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Comment From: Natalie Bruce

7/05/26 @ 1:41 PM

To whom it may concern, Hello. My name is Natalie Bruce, and I am wholeheartedly opposing the approval and continuance of Project Jupiter. I oppose the approval of the air quality permit that Bloom Energy has applied for. In order to give the public ...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/05/26 @ 1:41 PM

Project Jupiter should not be continued. If it were completed, it would likely create water shortages in smaller communities and worsen climate change due to its high carbon emissions. I am personally already feeling the impacts of climate change—her...↓

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Comment From: Mikaya Lenzi

7/05/26 @ 1:40 PM

I do not support 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 outright given Bl...↓

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Comment From: Tyrell Toledo

7/05/26 @ 1:40 PM

No I don't want AI here. 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 outright given Bloom Energy...↓

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