Just steps outside the Aug. 5 Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting in downtown Tucson, protesters held signs, hung banners, and made clear to passing motorists and county officials they were against a mega data center coming to town. Inside, county supervisors again took up the topic of Project Blue.
While the supervisors voted June 17 to sell the land for the proposed data center, the decision about moving forward now rests with the city. Still,the county continues to address the public’s concerns about Project Blue.
The board of supervisors voted to direct the county’s state legislative lobbyist to “advocate for the elimination of state and local sales tax exemptions on equipment purchases by computer data centers,” a proposal outlined in a July 22 county memo from Supervisor Jen Allen, of District 3…