Especially when said machine is guzzling water, generating heat, consuming energy that guzzles more water and generates more heat to produce, and makes its location unlivable.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

What we learned/confirmed yesterday: TEP customers are paying for the power that TEP will supply to Beale. Beale doesn’t have a customer lined up, so if they build this thing it will be empty. Beale will need backup power, and this may come from diesel, which is polluting and harmful.

The Democrats of Greater Tucson are hosting us tomorrow to tell the story of our coalition and take questions. Please join us! thedgt.org/event/thedgt...

Tucson is not backing down either!! Check out the Press Room’s latest updates on the Project Blue hyperscale data center and the resistance against it. youtu.be/MBsJNo7nvd8

Defend Tucson! ¡Tucson Se Defiende! Coalition Presents: WINTER FAIR OF RESISTANCE AND COMMUNITY CARE Sunday, Dec. 14 from 10:00AM–1:00PM at Reid Park Bandshell (800 S Concert Pl.) Stay from 1:00–1:30 PM for a special Rapid Response Extended Training! RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

ICE raid today in Tucson. Newly seated Rep Adelita Grijalva and protesters who turned out to protect their neighbors got flash-banged, pepper sprayed, pushed. At least two were arrested.

We’ve heard that Amazon and Meta pulled out of this project in part because of community opposition. That’s huge! We are so, so, proud of how all of us have showed up since summer. Thank you so much to all of you, our beloved community, for understanding what’s at stake and fighting back!!

This would be funny if it weren't so ridiculous.

The Arizona Corporation Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday evening to approve an agreement under which Tucson Electric Power will provide electric service to the Project Blue data center complex on Tucson's

🚨 Breaking update: The Project Blue energy agreement got the green light from the Arizona Corporation Commission after a nine-hour meeting today https://azluminaria.org/2025/12/03/arizona-corporation-commission-gives-green-light-to-project-blue-power-agreement/

Pima County supervisors voted against a public health review of Project Blue — even as residents threaten a lawsuit over transparency and environmental impacts

Huge shout out to @jwashing.bsky.social and @yanak.bsky.social from @azluminaria.org this summer. Without them, we wouldn’t have know it had been Amazon involved with Project Blue in the first place. 🫡 azluminaria.org/2025/07/21/a...

An easy way to explain luddites: Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand. And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before. That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

Beale seems to have no confirmed customer. What does “negotiating with Meta” even mean? Why have they given us a literal Christmas deadline to close the sale? It’s like they’re pursuing this out of spite because our community united against them!

"'Amazon is out because they can't live with air cooling,' one source told the Star." Amazing. Jeff Bezos wants your water to consume and pollute, won't settle for anything else. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Great working with @nodesertdatacenter.com on this one!

Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won. But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.

You should know who’s on the Arizona Corporation Commission! They have the power to say NO to TEP and shut down Project Blue, but they won’t unless we pressure them. Also: everyone deserves A/C in the summer heat, Nick. Do better, because 2026 is approaching fast 👀

Pima County! Here are three opportunities for civic engagement with your elected officials this week: Tuesday 12/2 at 9am: Pima County Board of Supervisors. Then at 6pm: Marana town council. Wednesday 12/3 at 9am: ACC meeting in Phoenix!

Tucson’s city attorney has filed a request to intervene at the Arizona Corporation Commission to protect TEP customers. We’ll be at the ACC meeting Wednesday morning to tell them to vote no on the deal. We’ll also be at the Pima County Board of Supervisors to tell them we expect them to act too.

They’re trying to put multiple data centers everywhere from Phoenix down to Tucson, including on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. 😡

Arizona! Join us in Phoenix next Wed. at 9am for the ACC meeting. You can sign up to speak in-person (or remotely if you can't make it), or submit a statement if you don't want to speak: efiling.azcc.gov/online-servi... No to Project Blue, no to APS rate hikes and commitment to fossil fuels!

Us every time we hear how much energy a new data center project will require

I've done a lot about Google Search and I honestly could do more about TPUs, but there's not a ton out there about the buildout. That being said my Signal is ezitron.76 if you work at Google, especially in Google Cloud or Capex 😀 I have so many questions 😀 please tell me stuff 😀

"John Quigley, senior fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, pointed to the “data center frenzy” as the primary driver of higher electricity prices for households" Definitely a strong consensus among researchers that data centres *do* make bills higher

If you are someone — citizen, scholars, journalist, activist, etc — fighting against AI data center development anywhere in Canada, can you ping me? Would like to coordinate something…

Hey Mel! FYI: 'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner share.google/oNwKERIKyx15...

The ACC needs to go, TEP needs to listen to its customer and no one ‘needs’ AI or these hostage situations of Rich getting richer. We see you Pima Supes.

After months of this docket sitting with the ACC, they decided to recommend it and gave us just two weeks before the vote. Oh and this major holiday weekend fell within those two weeks. We’re just community members trying to spend time with our families and we have to mobilize instead.

Arizona! Today (11/28) is the last day to submit public comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission before against the deal between TEP and Beale to build a hyperscale data center (Project Blue) east of Tucson. We have a guide on our website on what to say. nodesertdatacenter.com

Arizona, we need your help! Tomorrow is the last day to submit public comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission before against the deal between TEP and Beale to build a hyperscale data center (Project Blue) east of Tucson. We have a guide on our website on what to say. nodesertdatacenter.com

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Arizona, we need your help! Tomorrow is the last day to submit public comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission before against the deal between TEP and Beale to build a hyperscale data center (Project Blue) east of Tucson. We have a guide on our website on what to say. nodesertdatacenter.com

Beale Infrastructure wants to bring more water-guzzling, energy-sucking hyperscale data centers to Pima County, this time to Marana. Public hearings begin 12/10. Join us as we say no to these extractive developments! www.kold.com/2025/11/27/m...

Update on the last two weeks of data center BS in Pima County: Beale wants the land for Christmas, the ACC gives us two weeks warning before voting on the TEP/Beale energy service agreement, Marana announces public hearings for land twice the size of Project Blue for data centers. Happy holidays!!

Come get help with your ACC comments! We'll be on site at revolutionary grounds from 2:30-4:30 tomorrow (Wednesday 11/26) to help. We have talking points, suggestions and templates, and the links all ready to go!! Swing by to get some help, have company, or ask any questions!

Yesterday, our movement mobilized on short notice to protest TEP, the Canadian-owned for-profit energy monopoly that’s been making our electric bills a nightmare. They’re poised to supply power to Project Blue, but we’re in their way and not backing down.

Our privately owned electric utility, TEP, and a developer, Beale Infrastructure, disregarded overwhelming community opposition for a proposed hyperscale data center east of Tucson. TEP has a proposal with the Arizona Corporation Commission that they'll vote on next week. Here's what you can do.

Our privately owned electric utility, TEP, and a developer, Beale Infrastructure, disregarded overwhelming community opposition for a proposed hyperscale data center east of Tucson. TEP has a proposal with the Arizona Corporation Commission that they'll vote on next week. Here's what you can do.

Us every time we hear how much energy a new data center project will require

New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers [via @wired.com]

Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.

Los daños de los centros de datos afectan a todas nuestras comunidades. Únete a MediaJustice y @cjaourpower.bsky.social mañana a las 6PM ET | 3PM PT para aprender cómo consumen nuestros derechos fundamentales y cómo puedes unirte a esta lucha. bit.ly/centrosdedatos101

Mañana, vamos a la reunion del Arizona Corporation Commission.

We’re not backing down. We’re taking this fight to the Arizona Corporation Commission this Wednesday.

A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year. www.wired.com/story/the-da...

These data centers facilitate the greatest transfer and consolidation of wealth in human history in the service of cruelty, surveillance, imprisonment, deportation, job loss, and the ugliest fucking art you’ll ever see.

As federal helicopters circled overhead, MediaJustice joined 100+ organizers to march through Memphis earlier this month. Organized by Tigers Against Pollution, we resisted the federal occupation of Memphis and Musk’s xAI data center. Actions like this prove that when we organize, we can win.

Estimates say the proposed #FermiTrumpAI data center would use as much water as 4 Amarillos... wasting our water while we’re already in a drought. Join us to demand Amarillo City council oppose the sale of OUR water for data centers. bit.ly/stopprojectmatador