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Residents urge Mesa council to scrutinize large proposed data center over water and community concerns
Summary
Three residents told the council to slow or reject a proposed 2‑million‑square‑foot data center, citing water use, limited local jobs, health concerns and inadequate community outreach; no council decision on the project was recorded in the transcript.
Three members of the public told Mesa’s City Council on June 8 they are concerned about a proposed large data center (described in testimony as a seven‑building, roughly 2‑million‑square‑foot campus on about 170 acres) and urged the council to require more study and community engagement before approval.
Jim Beck, a resident of East Mark, said the development — which he said is owned by a Japanese company — would add to more than 4 million square feet of data centers already in Mesa and risk local water…
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