As the Tucson City Council rejected the Project Blue data center, Councilmember Nikki Lee said the company told her it had other local sites in mind.

Councilmembers worried about factors like high water use in our desert environment.

The City of Tucson told Project Blue to take its business elsewhere; so, where might elsewhere be? You can not rule out Marana.

Marana has plenty of room for a big project, and its irrigation district has the potential to turn water for crops into water to cool a data centers electronics.

Marana Mayor Jon Post says, Project Blue has talked to the staff, they've talked to development services, and I don't but I don't know exactly what those conversations entailed. They have not turned in an application with the town.

Mayor Post says if that sort of prelimi

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