As plans continue to move forward for the proposed Project Blue data center on Tucsons southeast side near the Pima County Fairgrounds, opposition is growing over Tucson Electric Powers interest in supplying electricity to the facility.

Although the Tucson City Council initially rejected the project, developer Beale Infrastructure is continuing efforts to acquire the land and advance the proposal.

On Tuesday, about 30 members of the No Desert Data Center Coalition gathered in downtown Tucson to voice concerns about the project and TEPs request to participate.

Its incredibly frustrating and enraging, said coalition member Lee Ziesche, who joined others calling on state regulators to stop the project.

Another protestor, Glenda Avalos, argued that companies like TEP continue to profit off

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