{
  "id": 9784664,
  "title": "Trump’s Stargate AI Project in Huge Trouble As $18 Billion Data Center Shrivels Toward Oblivion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trumps-stargate-ai-project-in-huge-trouble-as-18-billion-data-center",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:55:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/future-society/donal-trump-stargate-megaproject-ai-data-center-oracle-shrivels"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Donald Trump's ambitious AI infrastructure project, known as Stargate, is facing significant challenges in New Mexico. A crucial data center project, part of the $165 billion AI campus called \"Project Jupiter,\" appears to be in jeopardy. Oracle, the main infrastructure company behind the initiative, sent a notice to Blue Owl Capital, the lender supporting the data center, invoking force majeure to avoid financial responsibility for the project's failure to obtain necessary development permits. Oracle had initially planned to be the primary tenant, utilizing the facility's 2.45 gigawatts of compute power for AI purposes. However, the data center has encountered numerous local oppositions and delays. In May, Oracle canceled plans for a massive natural gas plant needed to power the facility, opting instead for an experimental solution using solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The largest deployment of SOFCs so far is an 80 megawatt project in South Korea, which is a minuscule fraction of the 2.45 gigawatts required if the data center were to reach its original projected capacity. Despite cutting costs by laying off thousands of workers in January, Oracle continues to face financial uncertainty, raising concerns about the project's viability. If the data center fails to complete by 2028, Oracle may be able to escape financial liability. The fate of this data center and its impact on the broader Stargate project remains uncertain.",
  "summary": "It may be the first domino to fall. The post Trump’s Stargate AI Project in Huge Trouble As $18 Billion Data Center Shrivels Toward Oblivion appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump's Stargate AI project faces challenges in New Mexico.",
    "Oracle data center project at risk due to permit delays and opposition.",
    "Oracle cuts costs but still uncertain about project's viability."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}