Oracle · Santa Teresa, New Mexico

OpenAI Stargate New Mexico

2.5GW projected

The power of 2.0 million US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 2.5 GW by Dec 2028.

Users
OpenAI
Project
Stargate
Energy
Bloom Energy
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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Oct 2025 — Construction and land clearing begins
  2. 6 Feb 2026 — Land clearing continues, foundation construction begins 2 of the main buildings (Building B & D). Construction also beginning on modular chiller plants.
  3. 22 Jun 2026 — Construction has advanced significantly since February 2026. We observe extensive earthworks and multiple graded building pads across the campus, with structural work underway on the main data center buildings. A large solar array and water storage basins are visible on site, and two cleared areas on the western side of the campus, likely for on-site power generation. No buildings appear operational yet (no completed roofs or signs of active cooling), consistent with the projected 2028 completion.
  4. 31 Dec 2028 · projected 2.5 GW Estimated construction completion date of the site. Stormwater permitting says 2027-12-31 for stormwater construction to finish, but for a more conservative estimate and based on the current state of the site, we pushed the final date by a year beyond it. Source, page 2

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Wind and gas lead the two grids that serve Doña Ana County

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Public Service Company of New Mexico PNM · balancing authority

  1. Gas 19%
  2. Coal 13%
  3. Nuclear 0%
  4. Wind 37%
  5. Solar 30%
  6. Hydro <1%
  7. Other <1%

El Paso Electric Company EPE · balancing authority

  1. Gas 73%
  2. Coal 0%
  3. Nuclear 0%
  4. Wind 0%
  5. Solar 27%
  6. Hydro 0%
  7. Other 0%

The utilities that serve Doña Ana County, NM, report to 2 grids; the data does not show which one feeds the site. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 155 MW of new power in Doña Ana County, mostly storage

power plants in Doña Ana County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Santa Teresa Solar Storage · 150 MW · Oct 2026 · being built · Santa Teresa Solar
  2. USS Jornada Solar Solar · 5 MW · Dec 2026 · being built · USS Jornada Solar LLC

In service in Doña Ana County today: 1.1 GW. Since January 2023: 390 MW added, 53 MW retired. Owners plan to retire 217 MW more. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Project Jupiter Website
  2. Stormwater Permitting
  3. Oracle, BorderPlex and Bloom Energy to power Project Jupiter with fuel cell technology (Apr 27, 2026)

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Santa Teresa. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.