Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
Oracle is attempting to assuage concerns of those opposed to its Stargate data center by announcing plans to invest in renewable energy projects in New Mexico. The company aims to develop a $165 billion Project Jupiter data center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, as part of the Stargate AI infrastructure project. However, the data center has faced local protests and legal challenges due to its potential environmental impacts.
Despite Oracle's new initiative, the data center will still be powered by fuel cells that burn natural gas. Michael Thomas, CEO of the Cleanview data platform, clarified on LinkedIn that Oracle's proposed 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects would not directly power the data center, as it would be a "synthetic" effort.
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