For two weeks, a fight has been brewing over a proposed in the Imperial Valley that is designed to power artificial intelligence technology.

Now, the small city of Imperial is suing to bring the project to a temporary halt.

In a filed late last week in Imperial County Superior Court, city officials are seeking an injunction that would overturn the county government’s approvals for the data center and block the developer from moving forward with construction.

The suit accuses county officials of violating California’s environmental laws, along with some of their own regulations, by prematurely greenlighting elements of the project. The city is asking the court to overturn any permits or approvals the county has granted so far.

Imperial is the county’s , with a little over 22,000 residen

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