Proposed data center in Marana advances to next step

Unanimous vote in Marana for data center met with boos

The scene at the Dec. 10 meeting of the Marana Planning Commission was reminiscent of many of the recent public meetings in Tucson: A packed audience listening to an elaborate proposal for a large data center met with a tall stack of speaker cards representing mostly opposition. Many of the characters were also recognizable: Beale Infrastructure, along with the support of a few construction and business development advocates, pushing the data ce…

Proposed data center in Marana advances to next step

The Marana Planning Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday night to recommend to the town council the approval of land rezonings for a proposed data center.Constituents packed Maranas council chambers for Wednesdays public hearing, where they were given up to three minutes each to speak on the proposal.The applications were submitted in October by Lazarus and Silvyn, P.C., who are representing the Beale Infrastructure-owned company, Fremont P…