Tension: Tucson residents wanted a ban; the council wanted defensible regulation. Arizona’s property-rights law made the stricter option the legal one.
Noise: The easy read is that Tucson blocked data centers or that Tucson caved to the industry. Neither describes what the ordinance actually does.
Direct Message: The ordinance does not ban hyperscale data centers, but it removes any by-right path and hands the mayor and council a final vote on every project of consequence. That is the strongest tool Prop 207 leaves on the table…