An anti-data center post by the Tucson branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation tapped in to growing concerns over how large-scale AI-related projects affect water resources in the drought-prone Southwest.
On Instagram, the group said Project Blue, a $3.6 billion data center campus, used over 500,000 gallons of public water in one month while ordinary households stayed under 10,000 gallons during severe drought.
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It urged individuals concerned about the project’s water usage to gather near the Pima County Fairgrounds to protest Project Blue and broader data center expansion in Arizona’s second-most-populous city…