No project in Surprise City, but 4 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Surprise City votes on zoning. The Maricopa County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Project Eagle (formerly Project Baccara) data center campus and gas power plant near Luke Air Force Base
Unincorporated Maricopa County, Maricopa County
160 acres
🕒 Sept 24, 2026: Glendale Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend rezoning the site after annexation.
Approved, not built yetabout 10 miles awayCompass Datacenters PHX II campus, El Mirage
El Mirage, Maricopa County
120 acres
🕒 June 2024: Compass bought the 120 acres for $79.3 million.
Being builtabout 10 miles awayMicrosoft data center campus at Dysart Road and Northern Parkway, El Mirage
El Mirage, Maricopa County
433 acres · for Microsoft
🕒 May 31, 2024: Microsoft paid $258 million for about 283 acres next to its existing 150-acre site.
Being builtabout 11 miles awayQTS Phoenix 3 data center campus on Camelback Road
Glendale, Maricopa County
375 acres
🕒 July 2024: QTS said a third Phoenix-area campus in Glendale was in design.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved · Maricopa County
County supervisors voted 4-1 to give Project Baccara a special permit needed near Luke Air Force Base. The 160-acre site off Olive Avenue and Litchfield Road would hold two data centers and a gas power plant, about 400 feet from a dozen homes. It still needs an air permit.
📜 Data center rules · Maricopa County
County supervisors updated zoning for data centers on unincorporated land. They are allowed only in the IND-2 and IND-3 industrial zones; other land must be rezoned first.
🗺️ Zoning change · Maricopa County
County supervisors unanimously rezoned about 2,000 acres west of the White Tank Mountains for industrial use. This clears the way for Hassayampa Ranch, a planned data center campus over 1 gigawatt led by Arizona Land Consulting.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Surprise City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Surprise City: Tohono O'odham Utility Authority (not available) or Gila River Indian Utility Authority (gricua) (co-op (owned by its members)) or Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa (public) or Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist. (not available) or Maricopa County M W C Dist #1 (not available) or Harquahala Valley Pwr District (not available) or Usbia-san Carlos Project (public) or Tonopah Irrigation District (not available) or Buckeye Water C&d District (not available) or Arizona Public Service Co. (company) or Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or City of Mesa (run by the town).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Arizona.