Yes. In June 2025, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted, 3-2, to approve “Project Blue,” a $3.6 billion data center campus slated for construction southeast of Tucson. The 290-acre campus is expected to include multiple data centers, each requiring substantial amounts of water to cool servers and related equipment.
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