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Dossier · Who's Who
Michelle Lujan Grisham
The governor of New Mexico, who signed the February 25, 2025 memorandum of understanding committing state support to the Santa Teresa project that became Project Jupiter.
At a glance
- Current role
- Governor of New Mexico, State of New Mexico2019-01–present[4]
- Category
- Elected official
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Public position
- Publicly supports the project — Signed the February 2025 MOU committing state support and announced the BorderPlex Digital partnership.[1]
- Married to
- Manuel "Manny" Cordova
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 4 sources · 1 connections · 3 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP1
Key facts
- 2025-02-25Signed the memorandum of understanding with BorderPlex Digital Assets on February 25, 2025, 207 days before the public vote.[1],[2],[3]
- 2025-02-25The governor's office announced the BorderPlex Digital partnership the same day as a $5 billion Santa Teresa campus with 1,000 jobs.[1]
- 2025-04-08Signed HB 93, including the Section 6 self-sourced power exemption, on April 8, 2025; the governor's release described only the grid-technology provisions.[3]
- 2025-04Signed HB 137, the Strategic Water Supply Act, in April 2025.
- 2019Appointed Alicia Keyes as Economic Development Secretary in 2019.
- Term-limited in 2026.
The record
Gov. of NM since 2019, term-limited 2026; niece of ex-HUD Sec. Manuel Lujan Jr.; signed the secret BorderPlex MOU ~Feb 2025. Appointed Keyes to EDD (2019)
Relationships · 1
In the timeline · 3
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
In the Watch · 5
Sources · 4
- 1.governmentOffice of the Governor — Feb. 25, 2025 press release announcing BorderPlex Digital partnership and MOU ($5B Santa Teresa campus, 1,000 jobs) ↗
- 2.newsSanta Fe New Mexican — 'Behind-the-scenes deals in New Mexico paved the road to Project Jupiter' (details the Feb. 25, 2025 MOU she signed committing state policy support) ↗
- 3.newshaussamen.com — 'Developer must guarantee Project Jupiter's rosy promises' (documents her MOU with BorderPlex chairman Lanham Napier, pledged state assistance, and HB 93 microgrid language she signed) ↗
- 4.otherWikipedia — Michelle Lujan Grisham (biography: Governor since 2019, spouse Manuel Cordova) ↗
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