The Tucson City Council is tentatively scheduled to decide whether to move forward with a Southeast Side data center before the city’s November election, but Council candidates are weighing on whether they would support Project Blue if they were in office. … Supporters of the proposal say the proposal would create an estimated 180 permanent jobs in addition to temporary construction jobs as well as a projected $250 million in tax revenues over the next decade. Private funding would pay for extended infrastructure in the area, making future development possible. The facility’s developers also say they would use reclaimed water as well as solar energy to reduce its environmental impact. But critics say it will still use too much water and energy and there are not enough guarantees that the jobs and other economic benefits will come to fruition.

Other data center water use news:

• Tucson Sentinel (Ariz.): Tucson to hold two more public meetings on controversial Project Blue
• AZ Luminaria (Tucson): City annexation filing reveals next steps for Project Blue data center
• RCR Wireless News: San Jose’s goal: Be the ‘West Coast’s premier data center hub’