10.1 Million Tons. Zero Controls. Comment by July 6.

The actual numbers, from their own filing

What they want to release into our air

These are the emissions the company itself requested permission for, straight from the emissions tables in the application on file with the state.

YGI Microgrid — requested allowable emissions, tons per year
Pollutant	What it does	Tons / year
Carbon monoxide (CO)	Reduces oxygen in the blood	161.2
VOCs	Form ground-level ozone / smog	124.0
Fine particulates (PM2.5)	Lodge deep in the lungs	75.4
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	Ozone precursor, lung irritant	37.2
Greenhouse gases (CO2e)	More than 2 million cars' worth	10,100,000

Criteria pollutant figures: applicant's requested allowable emissions tables (UA2) in the YGI Microgrid air quality construction permit application on file with the NM Environment Department. Greenhouse gas figure (~10.1 million tons CO2e/yr) is the developer's own estimate, reported in state filings and news coverage. Car comparison uses EPA's 4.6 metric tons CO2 per typical passenger vehicle per year.

Two facts the state has to answer

This is not a clean plan. It is a loophole.

Fact 1

Zero pollution controls

The application's control-equipment section states there is no emissions control equipment installed at this facility. No scrubbers, no catalytic controls, no carbon capture. Nothing. The plan is to burn natural gas around the clock and vent it. There is not even an attempt to mitigate.

Fact 2

Engineered to dodge real review

Every pollutant is kept just under the "major source" line (NOx under 40 tons, everything under 250). Staying "minor" lets them skip the tougher permit, skip Best Available Control Technology, and skip Title V review. They already tried splitting it into two permits once. This is the same move in a new costume.

Outside the fine print

What this permit does not even look at

An air permit only counts the facility's operating air emissions. Here is what that leaves out, and what to ask the state about.

Water

A desert facility drawing on scarce local water. Water use is decided by other agencies, not this air permit.

Noise

Around-the-clock industrial noise next to homes. An air permit does not evaluate it.

Heat

Gigawatts of waste heat rejected 24/7 into a warming desert. Not part of this permit.

Light

A 1,400-acre campus that could light the night sky. Not addressed by an air permit.

Construction impact

Ask whether years of diesel truck traffic and dust from earthmoving are accounted for.

Cumulative air

Ask whether the air modeling added the border region's existing pollution as background.

Why it matters

Billionaire companies chose not to protect the place they want to build

Oracle, OpenAI, and their partners are pouring resources into canvassers and ad campaigns to manufacture support. Residents in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Rio Rancho have reported their names showing up on pro-project letters they never signed, and the New Mexico State Ethics Commission has sued the out-of-state company behind one pro-Jupiter ad campaign, alleging it ran an undisclosed lobbying effort in violation of state disclosure law.

A paid Project Jupiter canvasser in a branded shirt holding a clipboard on a New Mexico street — Project Jupiter deployed paid canvassers across New Mexico this year. Residents in several cities reported their names later appeared on letters supporting the project that they never signed. Face obscured.

They spent that money on persuasion. They spent none of it on pollution controls. Doña Ana County already carries more than its share of New Mexico's pollution. Approving this permit tells every family in the county, and across the line in Texas, that their air is a cost of doing business for a data center. It does not have to be.

You have a say. Right now.

Comment in 2 minutes

Open the state comment portal (button below). It opens New Mexico's official page for this permit.

Click the comment button, add your name and email, and write a few sentences.

Ask them to deny the permit and hold the hearing in Santa Teresa. Submit.

Not sure what to write? Start from any of these, then change them into your own words.

I am asking NMED to deny the YGI Microgrid air quality permit near Santa Teresa. This is a permit for a plant that would run 24 hours a day, every day.

The application installs zero pollution control equipment and no carbon capture. There is not even an attempt to mitigate the pollution.

It is engineered to stay just under the major-source limits so it avoids stricter review and Best Available Control Technology. That is a loophole, not a clean design.

It would emit about 10.1 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, plus 161 tons of carbon monoxide, 124 tons of VOCs, 75 tons of fine particulates, and 37 tons of nitrogen oxides. Doña Ana County already carries too much of this burden.

The permit ignores water, noise, heat, light, and construction dust. My community would live with all of it. Please deny the permit and hold the in-person hearing in Santa Teresa, in English and Spanish.

Make it yours. Add your name, your town or zip, and one line about why clean air matters to you or your family. Comments written in your own words carry far more weight than identical form letters, so a personal sentence or two beats a perfect script every time.

They filed to pump10.1 million tonsof pollution a year. Every year. 24/7.