Mayes brought data center furor to Mesa town hall
The increasingly contentious national debate over data centers moved into Mesa two weeks ago as Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told a town hall that their explosive growth threatens to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes addressed a town hall in Mesa, addressing concerns about the state's rapid growth of data centers, which threaten communities with higher utility bills, health and environmental issues, and inadequate government oversight. Mayes warned that seven data centers planned in Pinal County with a combined need for 1.5MW of electricity are not coming to Pinal, after the Pinal county Board of Supervisors denied rezoning for Vermaland’s 3,000-acre data center near Eloy. The attorney general has called for a moratorium on data center construction and suggested that more than 180 operating or planned data centers across Arizona are operating. She also warned that data centers’ demand for electricity would drive up customers’ utility bills and exacerbate the state’ ongoing water crisis.
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The increasingly contentious national debate over data centers moved into Mesa two weeks ago as Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told a town hall that their explosive growth threatens to leave comm... [7055 symbols]
