Cheers broke out as Chandler, Arizona, metropolis councilmembers voted Thursday towards approving a large information middle mission.
The Chandler, Arizona, metropolis council voted unanimously Thursday towards clearing the best way for building of an AI information middle.
Cheers and applause erupted after the unanimous vote end result was introduced.
Forward of the vote, a number of individuals delivered remarks to register their opposition to the prospect of permitting the development of the middle, and a few within the viewers held indicators opposing the proposed mission.
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A Tempe resident speaks in opposition of a proposed AI information middle in Chandler, Ariz., at a metropolis council assembly Dec. 11, 2025. (Metropolis of Chandler, Arizona / Fox Information)
Some individuals held up indicators that learn, “NO MORE DATACENTERS.”
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema had been lobbying in favor of the proposed mission.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., on the U.S. Capitol earlier than the Senate handed procedural votes on the Home-passed international help package deal April 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Throughout an Oct. 15 Planning and Zoning Fee assembly, she spoke out in assist of permitting the mission to proceed, noting she was there on behalf of Lively Infrastructure and that she is co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition.
Lively Infrastructure is the developer that had been pushing for the mission.
“Chandler proper now has the chance to find out how and when these new, progressive AI information enters shall be constructed. When federal preemption comes, we’ll not have that privilege,” Sinema warned.
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The Planning and Zoning Fee voted 5-1 at that October assembly in favor of recommending approval of rezoning for the mission.
