Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
Natural gaslighting?
Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
The Project Jupiter data center construction site in New Mexico as seen in a video posted in July 2026. Credit: STACK Infrastructure
Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects for New Mexico comes as local opposition could delay development of the Project Jupiter data center that Oracle is building for OpenAI.
The two tech companies are developing the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, as part of the broader Stargate AI infrastructure project announced by President Donald Trump in 2025. But Project Jupiter faces local protests and court battles over concerns about its environmental impacts—and the latest Oracle announcementon September 8 seeking proposals for renewable energy projects does not change the fact that the data center will be powered by fuel cells that...
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