Signs against data-centers at a public meeting hosted by the city of Tucson to establish regulations for future development on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2016, at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Ariz. The signs were provided by the No Desert Data Center Coalition, a local advocacy group.
There are currently no active applications for a data center in Cochise County. Still, many residents wanted to ban the facilities outright.
On Tuesday, the county adopted a set of data center regulations after a 3-0 vote by its supervisors…