TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The City of Tucson rejected the proposed Project Blue data center during a study session Wednesday. The decision has sparked questions about the project's potential elsewhere in Southern Arizona.

Pima County initially approved the proposal, but county supervisors remain divided on whether they would support the project in other parts of the county.

District 3 Supervisor Jennifer Allen was one of the two supervisors who voted against the project in June. Allen told News 4 Tucson Project Blue “would be hard pressed” to find enough water in the county without Tucson.

"Data centers just simply don't make sense here in the arid desert,” Allen said. “The amount of water they consume, the energy they demand, exceed our capacity.”

Supervisor Steve Christy expressed dis

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