Tucson Rejects Amazon's Proposed 290-Acre Data Center Campus
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Tucson residents celebrated the rejection of Amazon's Project Blue, a proposed 290-acre data center campus in Arizona. The project, led by Beale Infrastructure and involving Amazon Web Services, aimed to build up to 10 data center buildings totaling two million sq ft and 600MW. The decision followed public opposition and accidental disclosure of Amazon's involvement.
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· 3 pulledLed by development firm Beale Infrastructure, Project Blue is a 290-acre site that was set to initially host three data center buildings.
Reports suggested that up to 10 buildings totaling two million sq ft (185,805 sqm) and 600MW were ultimately planned.
Beale, owned by alternative investment asset company Blue Owl, was the public face of the project, with Amazon Web Services' involvement accidentally released to local publication Arizona Luminaria.
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