Data centers

Monthly data-center opponent cited SpaceX's Cochise County project and warned Sahuarita's proximity to Raytheon, the airport and the Air Force base makes data centers a security risk.

Recapped the October 29 water forum, noting CAP cuts of 7% to 30% in recent years and warning that stored water will last only about seven years; cautioned the council not to "miss the boat" on data centers too.

Asked the council to remember they live here too, oppose data centers and overdevelopment, and called out what she saw as dismissive treatment of a council member's water question at a prior water board meeting.

A Green Valley speaker fiercely opposed to data centers, citing noise impacts within 5-7 miles, and called on the mayor to step down.

Fourth appearance urging the council to oppose data centers, citing health impacts, rising temperatures, minimal jobs, and a recent 60 Minutes report.

Cited water use, grid strain, electricity price increases, power-outage risk in extreme heat, and threats to property values and the local hospital.

Asked the council to reexamine the 2025 zoning interpretation that deemed data centers permitted in the Rancho Sahuarita specific plan areas 26 and 27, arguing it contradicts the PI zoning's intent.

Listed health and environmental harms from noise, aquifer depletion and emissions, speaking for communities across the region sharing the same aquifer.

Said she was told a data center had already been approved, demanded transparency, and called for holds, restrictions, and health and air studies.

A lifelong area resident who hauls water from the La Cañada standpipe, she detailed how a data center's groundwater drawdown could dry up the standpipe serving communities west of town.

A Quail Creek resident who said growth at the expense of water, air quality and utility prices is a mistake, and urged the council to show courage and ban data centers.

Framed the issue as legal and moral, demanding independent evaluation of water and power demands and transparency about the Santa Rita substation expansion before any approval.

A six-year resident and retiree, she invoked the town's mission statement and urged the council to protect quality of life for children and future generations.

Pastor of Good Shepherd UCC, he noted Tucson adopted data center safeguards and urged Sahuarita to consider distance buffers from neighborhoods, schools and the hospital, plus NDA and due-diligence policies like Pima County's.

Asked directly which staff or council members have signed NDAs, and requested a formal NDA disclosure review on a future agenda.

A Rancho Resort resident who said the site is a stone's throw from her home and urged the council to say no to the project.

Said the town uses about 12 million gallons of water a year while a data center can use 30 million, and warned of electric rate spikes, noise, emissions and property value collapse.

A Green Valley resident who said data centers consume huge water amounts, cause health impacts, resemble prisons, and would tank home values; asked for transparency in plain English.

A parent and longtime school volunteer who opposed any reinterpretation of zoning allowing a data center, citing AI risks to children.

A local real estate agent who called for independent studies of water, power, noise, fire safety and traffic before any approval — 'write the protections first.'

Pressed for clarity on conflicting statements about approvals and the 1996 zoning, and warned that water will determine the community's future.

New to the area after losing a California home to wildfire, she warned that communities are being blindsided by data centers and asked whose interests the council serves.