As the massive Project Blue data center starts to take shape in Pima County, both the city of Tucson and county supervisors are making a last-ditch effort to introduce new oversight mechanisms or push the center to stick to its big promises.
State commissioners are expected to vote on the request for Tucson Electric Power to begin providing hundreds of megawatts of energy to the data center — with Wednesday’s Arizona Corporation Commission meeting the latest venue for public appeal.
The assistant city attorney to Tucson’s new top lawyer has filed a request with the commission on behalf of Tucson for a more thorough public hearing on the energy agreement, and raised questions about how providing new energy to the data center will impact Tucson residents…