Residents cheer as Tucson rejects Amazon's massive Project Blue data center campus in Arizona
Beale Infrastructure's Arizona site could have grown to two million sq ft
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.
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.
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
For those questioning why build in a desert:
Seems like an ideal spot. They just need to hold off until:
it could switch to using treated wastewater once a new water line was completed. That line would combine reclaimed water with treated, previously-contaminated water from a Superfund site.
These data centers would be OK if our governments would grow a pair and lay down regulations.
Yeah, the last bit sounds good but could be sticky. Around here people are screaming about a new sewage treatment plant on my favorite river. If well planned and with oversight, that would be fine by me, but my neighbors would kill the project.
I'm Mr. Environmentalist around here, spend a great deal of time on that river and it's tributaries. The health of this ecosystem is of top importance to me. But we need the damned plant.
I agree with you, but the X% power generation should be over 100% at least. They have the money for it, and they'll create a ton of externalized costs to the residents. They should at least be required to provide something to them.
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.
Why don’t these companies build in northern states? They are cold in the winter and there is tons of water.
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.
They are easier to attack. AZ is landlocked.
