After Marana approved rezoning for a new data center Tuesday night, and Pima County closed on the land sale for Project Blue on Christmas Eve, the two projects are now neck-and-neck to be the first large-scale data center in Southern Arizona.
Each of the projects has its own challenges and local boosters — including heavy support from building trades.
And they are also both going up against one of the most energetic organizing efforts to spring up in the area over the past year: the No Desert Data Center Coalition…