The Tucson city council voted unanimously Wednesday against bringing the massive and water-devouring Project Blue data center — tied to tech giant Amazon — into city limits.
After weeks of escalating public outrage over the lack of transparency around Project Blue, the council voted to end negotiations and remove the annexation and development agreement from the upcoming council meeting agenda — a move that effectively shuts down one of the largest development projects ever considered by the city.
“We can all agree this project got off on the wrong foot,” said council member Nikki Lee, who represents Ward 4, where the proposed site is located. “The way that data centers are being built is not sustainable. This is not the type of development that residents of Ward 4 would like.”…