Tucson Community Halts Massive Data Center Project Over Water and Energy Concerns
A proposed $3.6 billion data center in Tucson’s Sonoran desert faces strong community opposition over massive water requirements and secretive planning processes. The project highlights growing national tensions between tech infrastructure expansion and local environmental concerns.
Arizona Community Challenges Massive Desert Data Center Project
A major data center development known as Project Blue has sparked significant controversy in Tucson, Arizona, where residents and local officials are pushing back against what sources indicate could be one of the largest such facilities in the southern part of the state. The $3.6 billion project proposed by San Francisco-based Beale Infrastructure would span 290 acres in Pima County, becoming the county’s largest development ever, according to reports.
