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Timeline: Rise and fall of UTEP-led aerospace grants in El Paso [1]

['Daniel Perez', 'More Daniel Perez', 'Diego Mendoza-Moyers', 'El Paso Matters']

Date: 2026-02-22  

On this episode of the El Paso Matters Podcast, reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers speaks with Andy Vargas, a veteran of the tech and finance industries and a managing partner of the El Paso-based investment firm No Border Ventures. Vargas has been critical of the subsidies local governments granted Meta in exchange for the tech giant developing a data center in Northeast El Paso. He offers his thoughts on the deal and his own vision for economic development in the borderland. You can read Diego’s reporting on data center developments in the El Paso region at elpasomatters.org.

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[1] Url: https://elpasomatters.org/2026/02/22/utep-aerospace-grants-timeline-build-back-better-nsf-collapse/

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