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New Mexico Denies Pipeline for Data Center
1 Apr
Summary
- New Mexico denied a pipeline segment for a data center.
- The pipeline was intended to fuel the Project Jupiter data center.
- The state cited that the pipeline route was not in the state's best interest.
The New Mexico State Land Office has denied a request from Energy Transfer, a Texas-based energy company, to build a segment of a proposed 17-mile pipeline. This pipeline was slated to fuel the Project Jupiter data center in Southern New Mexico.
The $60 million project, known as the 'Green Chile Project,' aimed to transport 400,000 dekatherms of gas daily from El Paso. While most of the pipeline would traverse federal and private lands, Energy Transfer sought access to a 0.63-mile parcel of state trust lands in Doña Ana County.
In a March 20 letter, the State Land Office denied the application, stating that approving it was not in the state's best interest. The company was advised to find an alternative route that excludes state trust lands. Energy Transfer indicated that the pipeline is still in the planning stages and that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will ultimately determine the final route. The denial's impact on the construction timeline, initially planned to begin shortly after an April 15 public comment period, remains uncertain.
