Via logodix.com
Oracle data center gas pipeline rerouted after New Mexico rejections
Oracle’s Project Jupiter gas pipeline will cross federal land after New Mexico rejected its route, delaying planned service until February 2027.
A proposed natural gas pipeline for Oracle’s Project Jupiter AI data center in New Mexico has been rerouted after state regulators rejected the original path.
Energy Transfer plans to build part of the 17.8-mile Green Chile pipeline on land administered by the US Bureau of Land Management, its Transwestern subsidiary said in an Aug. 17 letter to federal regulators.
The alternative avoids New Mexico State Land Office property. The agency twice denied the pipeline’s right-of-way application and said in its latest rejection that the requested lease was not in the state’s best interests.
Project Jupiter, near the US-Mexico border in Doña Ana County, is intended to serve OpenAI. The development envisions 2.5 gigawatts of natural-gas-powered fuel cells and as much as $165 billion in investment.
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Transwestern moved the pipeline’s planned in-service date to Feb. 1, 2027, from Aug. 15, 2026. Oracle said last week that the data center project remains on schedule.