1w ago

Residents cheer as Tucson rejects Amazon's massive Project Blue data center campus in Arizona

1w ago

Residents cheer as Tucson rejects data center campus

10 comments

The county has been under a non-disclosure agreement since at least June 2024.
This part is bullshit and should not be allowed, people have a right to know what their government is doing and considering.
I don't think people understand just how much power it would've consumed. 600MW is about the equivalent of 180,000 homes. It would also use massive amounts of water. In the desert. In Arizona. These things should not exist anywhere, but especially in places with very limited water.
- Getting the A.I. datacenters now we need to kick the almond and dubai alfalfa farms in the desert.....but a victory is a victory.
  
  Just salt that earth and they will be forced to leave
- To put that into perspective, Tucson Electric Power has a generating capacity of 3,101MW. So at 600MW, that facility alone would be nearly 20% of their current capacity.
  Source
Why don’t these companies build in northern states? They are cold in the winter and there is tons of water.
- They are easier to attack. AZ is landlocked.
- Not as many local governments willing to throw them tax incentives and take bribes.
- Cheap, empty land, probably. And I'm guessing there was a tax incentive. Probably cheaper power in AZ from solar power too, more than hydro.
  
  They would need to bring their own solar power, because Arizona doesn’t have much… Surprisingly.

10 comments