By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI
Author: Kent Paterson
The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?
By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the
Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage
By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana
The Data Center Chronicles: The Battle of Jupiter Comes to Albuquerque
By Kent Paterson If you reside in Albuquerque, have you seen a television ad for Project Jupiter? Heard a radio
Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers
By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving
The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become
Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two
Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened
Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New
We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is
Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting
People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open
March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots
By Kent Paterson Here’s a binational border institution many of you might haven’t heard of-the wordy Joint Advisory Committee for
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”
By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22,
Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule
by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That
The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup
Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has
Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland
The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises
By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a
The Project Jupiter Chronicles: A Charged Countdown to September 19
By Kent Paterson September 19 looms as a fateful day in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. That’s when the Doña
Taxes, Tax Breaks and a Texas Two-Step
By Kent Paterson You may or may not have heard about Project Jupiter by now. No, it’s not the latest