Photos: Protest against Project Blue data center in Tucson
Demonstrators held signs and chanted at the Project Blue data center construction site, at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road, on May 28, 2026. Beale Infrastructure, the company behind Project Blue, was approved for permits to drill two wells on the property.
Following backlash to the data center’s potential draw on water and energy in the desert, Beale and Pima County reached a renewed agreement in December that included requiring water rights to be secured through the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
Protest against Project Blue data center
Winn Chavez screams into a megaphone during a protest against the Project Blue data center near the construction site at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026. Beale Infrastructure, the company behind Project Blue, was approved for permits to drill two wells on the property.
Protest against Project Blue data center
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the Project Blue data center near the construction site at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026.
Protest against Project Blue data center
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the Project Blue data center near the construction site at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026.
Protest against Project Blue data center
Reed Spurling, a member of the No Desert Data Center Coalition, hangs a banner outside the construction site of the Project Blue data center at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28.
Protest against Project Blue data center
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the Project Blue data center near the construction site at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026.
Protest against Project Blue data center
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest towards Project Blue data center at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026.
Project Blue data center
Crews from Hark Drilling, Inc. drill at the Project Blue data center construction site at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road on May 28, 2026.
Project Blue data center
The Project Blue data center site at S. Houghton Rd and E. Brekke Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on May 28, 2026.
Project Blue data center
The Project Blue data center site at S. Houghton Rd and E. Brekke Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on May 28, 2026.
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