Our Water.
Our Land.
Our Fight.
Data Centers in
Rural Arizona
What's happening?
Urban communities have been sounding the alarm about data centers for years. The strain on land, water, and utilities is real and growing. Now, the industry is turning its sights on rural Arizona. Our neighborhoods, our water, and our already-stretched infrastructure are next.
These facilities consume millions of gallons of water, drive up utility costs, and place enormous pressure on rural infrastructure that was never built to support industrial-scale tech development. Farmers are being pushed off their land. Water we depend on is being eyed for server cooling.
Small and rural local governments are especially vulnerable. When a corporation walks in promising jobs, tax revenue, and economic development, it can be hard to say no, especially when budgets are tight and resources are scarce. But the promises rarely match the reality. Community benefit agreements often fall short, the jobs don't materialize as advertised, and local governments are left holding the costs of strained infrastructure, depleted water supplies, and rising utility rates. By the time the full impact is clear, the permits are already signed.
That's why community organizing matters!
Why this Matters:
When cities became too expensive, too visible, too contested, the data center industry didn't slow down. They looked outward. To desert land sold by farmers pushed to the edge. To rural water systems already strained by drought and a shrinking Colorado River. To our towns.
Today, we know of proposed data centers in:
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Yuma
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Cochise County
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Eloy
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City of Maricopa
These proposals are moving forward with minimal input and our communities deserve to be heard.
This is our water. This is our land. Let's stand up for it together.
They've come for our communities.
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These are interconnected issues. Real Harm.
These problems don't exist in isolation. Water, land, infrastructure, and community power are
all woven together.
Water Shortages
Data centers consume millions of gallons for cooling. In communities already managing water scarcity, this is a crisis.
Infrastructure Costs
Rural infrastructure was never built for this. Communities pay the price while corporations take the profits and move on.
Colorado River
The river that sustains our region is already shrinking and remains locked in negotiations.
Land + Farmers
Farmers are being pushed to sell. Economic pressure, water buyouts, and corporate land grabs are displacing generations of rural stewardship.
Rising Utility Bills
When data centers monopolize local energy grids, residents pay the price through higher electricity costs and disruptions.
Community Benefits?
Promises of jobs and tax revenue rarely materialize as promised. Community benefit agreements are often insufficient. We deserve more.
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