Donald Trump's $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project faces major setbacks in New Mexico as Oracle, the primary infrastructure company, invoked force majeure to shield itself from liability over a critical $18 billion data center's failure to secure development permits. The facility, part of Project Jupiter and intended to use experimental solid oxide fuel cells for power, has encountered significant local opposition and delays, with Oracle struggling financially throughout the year.
New Jersey environmental regulators fined DataOne more than $1 million for operating 62 natural gas generators without a permit at a 300-megawatt data center in Vineland being built for the Nebius Group to support Microsoft's AI infrastructure. The company claims the generators are temporary and plans to transition to Bloom Energy fuel cells, which emit fewer pollutants.
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