Oracle sent a force majeure notice to the developer, a Blue Owl unit, seeking to defer payments if the campus misses its planned 2028 opening rather than exit the project. The Financial Times reported that Oracle remains obligated to pay investors even if the site lacks electricity. Oracle said, “Project Jupiter remains on our planned schedule.”
Retired federal judge James Browning has been appointed to oversee the project’s air permit proceeding after the previous hearing officer recused. Energy Transfer has proposed rerouting the gas pipeline around state land after New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard twice blocked the original route.