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Oracle's decision to invoke a "force majeure" signals that it is leveraging these legal tools to manage possible financial strain of this data center that is facing significant political and regulatory pushback. This massive new New Mexico data center, in which OpenAI will be the tenant, is awaiting an air quality permit and approval of a key natural gas pipeline, both needed to meet this 2028 timeline. We're told, Scott, that politics are in play here with many leaders in the blue state up for reelection come midterms. Despite the pushback, Oracle telling CNBC the project is on schedule and that the "force majeure" is commonplace of this scale of development and are often used contractual rights among project partners. But analysts today cautioning any delay to this data center will extend the conversion of its backlog-to-revenue, so ultimately, Scott, delaying the AI payout.