City officials shut off water access to the planned Project Blue data centers complex and are demanding reimbursement after discovering what they call unauthorized use of city water at the construction site. Tucson City Manager Timothy Thomure sent a letter to the project’s developers Monday, stating that the city revoked a construction water meter obtained by contractor Ames Construction, which was using city water for “dust control purposes at the Project Blue site” on South Houghton Road near the Pima County Fairgrounds. The letter claims the contractor obtained the water meter within the Tucson Water service area and transported it out for use at the site. “This was completely unacceptable and was terminated by Tucson Water immediately,” the letter says. 

Other data center water use news:

• The Desert Review (Brawley, Calif.): Sierra Club seeks to join lawsuit challenging Imperial County Data Center approval
• The Salt Lake Tribune: After leaders voted yes, some locals still worry about how data center plan will affect rural Box Elder County