The Secret Cost of Data Centers
Tucson’s “Project Blue” promised a massive data center complex — but secrecy killed it. Last week, the city council unanimously rejected the plan after public outcry over nondisclosure agreements that kept residents, and even some officials, in the dark about who was behind it and how it would strain water, power, and public resources. The mystery developer turned out to be Amazon Web Services, revealed only through a records slip-up. Now, Tucson and Pima County are weighing NDA reforms, with critics calling the agreements anti-democratic and costly to communities.
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