NOT. ONE. DROP.
A leaderful coalition protecting water, desert, and community from the Project Blue data center + other extractive industry. People power! Tucson, AZ.
HELP US HELP MARANA!
What you can do:
The Marana Town Council meets on January 6th at 6:00 p.m. to vote on rezoning 600 acres for a massive data center. Despite overwhelming opposition from town residents at the meeting on December 10th, the Planning Commission recommended the town proceed with this plan. TO STOP IT, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
What we’re asking:
It was clear at the Planning Commission meeting that the town has not fully considered the impact of a HIGH-DENSITY data center requiring massive amounts of power, and is prioritizing profits over people. Marana Town Council should deny the rezoning and stop this project.
At a MINIMUM, the Town Council should delay the vote on rezoning for at least 180 days to allow more time to hear from UNBIASED experts and residents, better understand the power, water, and economic impacts the project would have, and justify a 90% reduction in the number of jobs intended for these plots of land.
Help protect Marana’s people, power, water, and jobs.
Use this template to craft an email or as a script when calling the Marana town council members!
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The phone number and emails are listed below.
In Person - Community Meetings
Sunday January 4th 5-7 PM
Pavillion at Marana Heritage River Park
12375 N Heritage Park Dr, Marana, AZ 85653
Monday January 5th 5 – 7 PM
Pavillion at Marana Heritage River Park
12375 N Heritage Park Dr, Marana, AZ 85653
Meet your neighbors and learn more about how data centers impact communities and residents.
Anywhere - Call Town Council
520-382-1904
Anywhere - Email Town Council
John Post Mayor:
Roxanne Ziegler Vice Mayor:
Patti Comerford Councilmember:
Herb Kai Councilmember:
Patrick Cavanaugh Councilmember:
John Officer Councilmember:
Teri Murphy Councilmember:
About Us
No Desert Data Center is a leaderful coalition made up of business owners, union members, data scientists, medical professionals, Indigenous land advocates, photographers, researchers, environmentalists, artists and writers, teachers and students, parents and youth, community and labor organizers, and concerned citizens. We are volunteers organizing to defeat shortsighted and unjust, extractive economic development.
We fight at the intersection of many causes. These include but are not limited to: public health, water security, energy equity, sustainable economic development, tribal consultation and sovereignty, demilitarization, immigrant justice, environmental impacts, and governance transparency. We are pro-democracy, anti-fascist, and opposed to genocide.
We are unified in our vision of the future that is sustainable, healthy, and resilient. We organize to inform decision makers and pressure them to prioritize long-term community investments over short-term economic gain. We act because we believe in the power of community, and the sacredness of natural resources. We care deeply about the land we call home.
Our coalition believes people have the power and our interconnected struggles catalyze our commitment to a just, equitable, and healthy desert community. Our coalition ensures extractive interests will always have to contend with the community.
This work extends across Tucson, Pima County, and the Santa Cruz River Watershed as a whole. This work does not end at borders but expands to support neighboring communities in the Sonoran Desert.
We ask that community members not be discouraged by false inevitabilities. Our coalition completely rejects the “inevitability mindset” that has scarred Tucson with Urban Renewal, TCE poisoning, and the death of a free-flowing Santa Cruz River. Our coalition completely rejects corporate intimidation. We urge our neighbors to stand firm in their demands for just governance, transparency, healthy communities in the Sonoran Desert, and well-paying local jobs that are sustainable.