The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved the latest version of data center Project Blue in Tucson. The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the land sale of a 290-acre stretch of unincorporated land for the project earlier this year.
This latest proposal would use electricity from utility company Tucson Electric Power — or TEP — to power and cool off the facility, which would aim to be operational by 2027.
Its developer, Beale Infrastructure, originally proposed using city of Tucson water to do that, but local leaders rejected the plan…