Stargate Project Jupiter
OpenAI is building a 1000 MW data center in Doña Ana County, New Mexico (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1000 MW
- Investment
- $50B
- Site
- 1,400 acres
- Reported jobs
- 750
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other OpenAI builds
Operator
OpenAI
Utility
El Paso Electric
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- this year
Construction start
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 12 mo ago
Announced
- 12 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- OpenAI
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1000 MW
- Reported investment
- $50B
- Site area
- 1,400 acres
- Reported jobs
- 750
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-09-23Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Construction start reported
- 2026
Site
- City
- Santa Teresa
- County
- Doña Ana
- State
- New Mexico
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- El Paso Electric
- Power source
- On-site natural gas generation
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Industrial Revenue Bonds (property and gross-receipts tax abatement; bond authorization up to $165B over 30 years) (Doña Ana County, New Mexico)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Stargate Project Jupiter | Under construction | 1000 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 3, 2026 · Record: stargate-project-jupiter-dona-ana-nm
- CAEl Paso Matters (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 5, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 5, 2026
- CATruthout (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAAlbuquerque Journal (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 23, 2026
- CAOracle (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 8, 2026
- CASource New Mexico (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 8, 2026
- CASanta Fe New Mexican (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 3, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 278918755671105
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Stargate Project Jupiter”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-project-jupiter-nm-dc_fdacd55a5c41, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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