Marana has evolved from a sleepy farm town in southern AZ to a microcosm for two of the US’ most pressing issues: migration and data centers.
Reis Thebault breaks down for The New York Times how this town is facing both a data center development and a migrant detention facility. He features our Data Center Fellow, Vivek Bharathan, who uncovers that the path to resisting these issues in our communities is intertwined. The same data centers that consume our water, tax dollars, and energy are also providing the tech infrastructure to surveil and detain migrants.
Read the full article to learn how these fights are converging in Marana, AZ and how community members are responding.
Photo credit: Cassidy Araiza with The New York Times
