Solution found for client.fetch() hanging in Remix 1.12 with Express and Node 16.17.1

export const loader = async ({ request, params }: LoaderArgs) => {
  const user = await getUser(request);
  const projectId = "4lfuaunh";
  const dataset = "production";

  const client = createClient({ projectId, dataset, useCdn: true, apiVersion: "2021-10-21" });
  try {
    console.log("getting info");
    const data = await client.fetch(`count(*)`);
    console.log(data);
    console.log("info obtain");
    return data;
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
  const items = await getCalculatorInfo()
  return { user };
};