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August 7, 2025

Tucson City Council Votes Unanimously to Reject Project Blue, a Proposed Data Center Linked to Amazon
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In Tucson, Arizona, the City Council has unanimously voted to reject
Project Blue, a proposed massive data center campus linked to Amazon.
The 7-0 vote came after widespread community organizing against what
critics viewed as a corporate water grab. The 290-acre data center would
have consumed millions of gallons of water in an area already facing
drought. Tucson's Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz spoke ahead of Wednesday
night's vote.

Lane Ramona Santa Cruz: "Hundreds of our families have reached out
deeply worried about what this data center could mean for them, for our
water, for our shared future. I've listened to elected officials in
other cities who've been left to deal with the aftermath of similar
developments. And I've spoken with national experts in AI data
infrastructure to understand what's truly driving this push. What I've
learned is simple. Giant corporations prefer to operate in the shadows.
But Tucson is not for sale. We deserve transparency and accountability."



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