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Behind the rejection: “The vote followed several heated community public meetings and immense public pushback against the development of [Amazon’s] 290-acre data center complex in Pima County. Complaints centered “on water and energy resources…
The next step was for Tucson to annex the site to connect it to the city’s reclaimed water system, but the council’s unanimous vote on Aug. 6 to ended negotiations with developers.”
Not the final word? “A day before the vote, Councilmember Nikki Lee said she believed after meeting with Project Blue leaders that the data center would still be built in the Tucson area regardless of the council’s action.”
Backup sites: AZCentral reports the “project’s leaders have multiple options… Some of those sites are located on federal, state, or unincorporated county land within the Tucson metro area and neighboring towns.”
Commenting to RLGR, Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose who represents many data centers, made this observation: “Perhaps if they came back with the data center technology that does not use water, it would satisfy the city’s concern.”
