Pima County supervisors took a final step to advance an agreement between the county and Beale Infrastructure — the developer behind the controversial data center known as Project Blue.
The data center would be housed on a roughly 290-acre stretch of Pima County land on Tucson’s southeast side. The agreement before the county board this week outlined Beale infrastructure’s commitments and stated benefits the data center would bring to the community.
But Supervisor Andrés Cano argued Project Blue was being pushed through without guardrails in place to protect public health and resources. He said Tucson has a long history of industrial issues — like in the city’s southside, where chemicals used by defense contractors and military bases have caused years of illness due to water contamination…