The building site for the Project Jupiter data center in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
STACK Infrastructure/Oracle
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STACK Infrastructure/Oracle
Worries over water as a giant data center moves into the New Mexico desert
Developers say there's plenty of water for a giant data center in southern New Mexico. Some locals are skeptical.
TL;DRAI
Oracle e OpenAI avviano Project Jupiter in New Mexico: data center 1.400 acri da $165B con 2.5 GW di potenza, ma scatena resistenza locale per consumi idrici in zona arida. Per manager tech: hyperscale data center per foundation model hanno costo infrastrutturale occulto (risorsa idrica, sostenibilità) che forza il debate su siting e trade-off tra expansion AI e vincoli ambientali.
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