Despite enticing promises from a large corporate backer — rumored to be Amazon — the city of Tucson has just rejected plans to build a resource-intensive, 290-acre data center within its boundaries, WebProNews reported.
The proposed data center, dubbed Project Blue, might have been suitable for cloud computing or generative AI. It would have been located north of the Pima County Fairgrounds and might have provided tax funds and jobs.
However, it definitely would have used an incredible amount of electricity in a state where the demand for power has gone up by roughly 1% per year for over a decade, and it would use millions of gallons of water each year in a state facing prolonged drought…