The scene at the Dec. 10 meeting of the Marana Planning Commission was reminiscent of many of the recent public meetings in Tucson: A packed audience listening to an elaborate proposal for a large data center met with a tall stack of speaker cards representing mostly opposition.
Many of the characters were also recognizable: Beale Infrastructure, along with the support of a few construction and business development advocates, pushing the data center on one side. And on the other, concerned residents — including many members of the No Desert Data Center Coalition — vigorously opposed.
The arguments followed the same pattern as well…