Chandler city council unanimously rejects proposed new data center

CHANDLER — The Chandler City Council unanimously rejected to rezone 10 acres of land for a proposed new data center at its meeting Thursday night.

The project has generated significant public interest, especially after former Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema spoke in favor of the project at an October Planning and Zoning Committee hearing.

Ahead of the vote, Chandler residents balanced the necessity for data centers in modern life, as well as the impacts they have on the environment and communities where they are built.

“Every credit card transaction you do, every time you use an app, I know that’s going through a data center,” Emily Anderson said.

Representatives for the project have said the planned facility would use a closed-loop cooling system, a method they argue requires significantly less water than traditional evaporative cooling.

Read the full story from ABC15 Arizona here.

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