Kris Mayes: “The only sane thing to do is to pause the approval of new data centers.”

Can you imagine if one of these hyperscale data centers came into your neighborhood, with no notice, no vote by the community, with the noise pollution, the light pollution, the water pollution, the heat island effect — there’s a new study…

These are babies who were brought to Arizona when they were little children, who are now firefighters and teachers and small business owners.

We owe it to our communities, homeowners, and future generations of Arizonans to better manage our water and power needs before any new data center approvals are issued.

The 9th Circuit clearly explained in its ruling in the Nevada case that the federal law regulating commodities was never intended to strip states of their traditional police power over gambling.