Water use
Tucson council ends city participation in Project Blue data center proposal
Confirmed
- Date
- 2025-08-06
- Location
- Tucson, Pima County, AZ
- Category
- Water use
On August 6, 2025, Tucson City Council unanimously directed city staff to stop work on Project Blue, a proposed data center development in Pima County associated with Beale Infrastructure. Local reporting described objections from residents and council members about water use, energy demand and transparency. The council’s action ended Tucson’s participation in the proposal at that point. It did not establish that the project could never proceed under another jurisdiction or arrangement. Amazon Web Services said it had no commitments or agreements in place to develop the project. For that reason, this record does not identify AWS as a confirmed developer or operator. The date shown is the council vote date, and the account reflects the sources published at that time.