Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to review a decision that greenlights a massive data center proposal near Tucson.
The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a plan late last year put forth by developer Beale Infrastructure to build a data center on a 290-acre stretch of Pima County land that would be cooled using electricity from Tucson Electric Power. Where it’ll get the water it needs for day-to-day operations is still unclear.
In her court filing this week, Mayes says the agreement has TEP and Beale setting electricity rates between themselves. She argues that violates the Arizona Constitution — which gives the ACC exclusive authority to set utility rates…