Oracle has pledged to fund 2 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects in New Mexico in an apparent attempt to defuse local opposition to Project Jupiter, the $165 billion Stargate data centre it is building with OpenAI in Santa Teresa. However, the commitment does not change the fact that the facility itself will still be powered by fuel cells running on natural gas, meaning the renewables pledge amounts to a "synthetic" offset rather than a direct source of clean power for the site.

The data centre had originally been planned around 2.2 gigawatts of gas turbines, which critics estimated could have produced 14 million tonnes of CO2 annually, effectively erasing two decades of New Mexico's emissions reductions. Facing protests, lawsuits and a blocked gas pipeline application, the developers switched to Bloom Energy fuel cells, cutting nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 90% compared with turbines, and Oracle also pledged $1 million for carbon capture research. Even so, analysts warn the fuel cells will still rely on natural gas for now, potentially making Project Jupiter the largest single emissions source in the state, while Oracle's target of "100% carbon-free energy matching" by 2031 relies on renewables built elsewhere rather than powering the site directly. The project also faces a New Mexico Supreme Court order pausing its air quality permitting process amid ongoing legal challenges.