Yes.
In October 2025, Page’s mayor and Council members voted to sell 500 acres of recreational land for a proposed data center near Horseshoe Bend.
Under the agreement, developer Huntley LLC must secure its own water and power, including implementing a “closed-loop” cooling system that continuously recycles water to reduce overall consumption. Even so, the deal has sparked intense local opposition, with residents concerned the project could still strain regional water and power supplies, dampen Page’s tourism industry and introduce noise and light pollution to otherwise undeveloped areas.
Worldwide, data centers are resource-intensive, using millions of gallons of water daily for cooling, consuming vast amounts of electricity and generating heat, noise and light that can affect surrounding communities and ecosystems.
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Sources
- Purchase Agreement, City of Page
- ORDINANCE NO. 744-25, City of Page
- No Data Center in Page, AZ, Change.Org
- The true cost of water-guzzling data centres, University of Oxford
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