17,667
Comments with extractable text
NMED counts every PDF separately
Project Jupiter — Public Comment Analysis from WhutNext
WhutNext analyzed 17,667 NMED public comments on Oracle’s Project Jupiter air permit. See which letters are copy-paste templates, what organic comments actually say, and what NMED can decide.
Independent analysis — not an official NMED document
This report is prepared by WhutNext, independently of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED),
Oracle, Yucca Growth Infrastructure, or any permit applicant. Analysis uses automated phrase matching on text extracted from public PDFs.
All original comment letters remain on the
official NMED public comment portal.
We do not republish full comment PDFs on this site.
How to read this report
- NMED counts every PDF as one comment — including thousands of near-identical form letters with different names on line one.
- Exact duplicates ≠ campaign templates — identical PDF text (18%) misses most form letters; phrase fingerprints below catch coordinated copy (80%).
- Coordinated templates are mechanical fingerprints — shared phrases in the letter body, not accusations that submitters are fake or insincere.
- The organic-only chart is the best estimate of non-form-letter opinion — comments that did not match any known campaign template above.
Public comment analysis for Project Jupiter (Oracle) — Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC — YGI Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permit Application.
Final snapshot: 2026-07-07 · 17,420 comments on the NMED portal.
Public comment period closed — July 7, 2026
This is the final WhutNext analysis snapshot for the Project Jupiter comment period. The dataset below reflects everything posted on the NMED portal as of our last sync. We do not plan further automatic updates unless the docket reopens.
Latest high-volume burst — July 6, 2026
4,908 comments posted on the NMED portal this day (per listing timestamps). About 55.2% match known coordinated templates — mostly Pro-Jupiter jobs & investment template (2,564 copies, ~52.2% of that day).
Peak hours (portal time): 638 around Jul 6, 4 PM, 616 around Jul 6, 7 PM, and 508 around Jul 6, 12 PM.
Among the 2,200 comments that did not match a known template, keyword scan estimates roughly 933 oppose-leaning and 337 support-leaning — a small slice of this burst.
We report volume and phrase patterns as posted; we do not infer who submitted or why. See When comments arrived and Known campaigns below for full context.
Dataset at a glance
Where the volume comes from
● Known template 11,942 (67.6%)
● Other comments 5,725 (32.4%)
Two ways we detect repeated comments
Different methods — do not add the numbers together
Exact duplicates
19.6%
3,461 comments share byte-identical text (1,547 clusters). Most form letters are not caught here — each PDF has a different name on line one.
Campaign templates
67.6%
11,942 comments match phrase fingerprints below (e.g. pro-jobs template: 9,309 copies).
Coordinated templates detected
11,942
Match a known template (67.6%)
5,725
No template match (32.4%)
9,341
Template copies (pro side)
1,038
Template copies (oppose side)
● Known template 11,942● Other comments 5,725
Known campaigns
Pro-Jupiter jobs & investment template
Pro
Boilerplate citing 4,000 construction jobs, $50M water systems, $360M community investment, and urging NMED to approve. Appears with a different submitter name on each PDF, so exact-text deduplication does not cluster these together.
I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant benefits for our community. Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Dona Ana County. It is anticipated …
60-day comment extension request
Neutral / procedural
Repeated request that NMED extend the public comment period by 60 days. Often appears alongside opposition to the project but is classified as neutral because it is a procedural ask, not explicit support/oppose.
Stop global warming. We do not need AI. Think of all the children and animals you will harm. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can parti…
2,275 exhaust stacks / pollution controls template
Oppose
Technical objection citing 2,275 individual fuel-cell exhaust stacks with no proposed pollution controls. Recurring opposition letter on facility design.
STOP DESTROYING THE EARTH BECAUSE OF YOUR GREED!!The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individ…
Deny permit — water & local harm template
Oppose
Urges denial of Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit; cites local water use and community harm.
I am asking that you I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's biggest existing fuel c…
NMED staff reject letter (concerned citizen template)
Oppose
"Dear NMED staff" letter citing risks and harms of Project Jupiter and urging rejection of the permit application. Same body text with different names.
Dear NMED staff, My name is Sarah Campos. I live in Brazil, Belo Horizonte, MG, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urg…
Doña Ana — no experimental technology template
Oppose
Southern Doña Ana County letter opposing deployment of experimental technology.
I live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times …
Carpenters Local 1319 support letter
Pro
Union member support letter referencing Carpenters Local 1319 and Project Jupiter.
As a proud member of Carpenters Local 1319, living here in Albuquerque, I am writing to express my strong support for Project Jupiter. For construction professionals in our community, projects of this incredible scale ar…
Stack employee support letter
Pro
Employee letter opening with "As a Stack employee" supporting Project Jupiter.
As a STACK employee, I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter. As we work to bring this innovative data center campus to Dona Ana County, I am proud of the responsible development approach guiding our effor…
Non-template comments only
Stance estimate for comments that did not match any known coordinated template above.
552
Support (9.6%)
2,820
Oppose (49.3%)
187
Mixed (3.3%)
2,166
Unclear (37.8%)
● Support 552
● Oppose 2,820
● Mixed 187
● Unclear 2,166
Template volume by side
When comments arrived
Each bar uses the date and time shown on the NMED public comment listing, grouped by hour. We report volume as posted and do not infer who submitted or why. Hours with many submissions may reflect high interest, shared outreach, or other factors — see the coordinated-template section above for phrase-based patterns in the comment text.
17,667
comments with a portal timestamp
426
active hours (scroll chart →)
638
peak hour — Jul 6, 4 PM
Only hours with at least one submission are shown. Taller bars mark hours with more posted comments.
All comments — keyword scan (includes templates)
Caution: This view counts coordinated form letters the same as unique letters. See Coordinated templates detected above for campaign-adjusted context.
Directional estimate only — not an official NMED tally.
9,901
Support (56.0%)
4,681
Oppose (26.5%)
204
Mixed (1.2%)
2,881
Unclear (16.3%)
● Support 9,901
● Oppose 4,681
● Mixed 204
● Unclear 2,881
Methodology & transparency
- Source: all comments from the official NMED public portal (link below)
- Method: downloaded public PDFs, extracted text, flagged coordinated templates by shared phrases, estimated support/oppose on remaining comments
- Scope: full public docket with extractable text — not a random sample
Privacy: This public report shows aggregate statistics and anonymized excerpts only. We do not publish a searchable index of commenter names. Names that appear on the official NMED portal remain there as public record; our analysis layer focuses on themes and counts.