County supervisors voted 4-1 to reject the rezoning for La Osa Energy Center near Eloy: 11 data center buildings and a 500-megawatt gas plant by Vermaland. They said no even after the developer cut the plan by 80% and offered water limits.

Aug 26, 2026Source

📌 Other · Pinal County

The county planning commission heard the request to rezone about 216 acres to industrial for the Project Midway data center campus and put off its vote to a later date, with questions such as who the end user is.

July 16, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Pinal County

County supervisors unanimously approved land-use plan changes for three big data center sites: La Osa near Eloy, Project Midway southwest of Casa Grande, and the W Holdings energy and tech campus south of Maricopa. These plan changes do not rezone the land; each site still needs a rezoning vote.

Nov 19, 2025Source

🗺️ Zoning change

The Town of Florence approved rezoning about 1,619 acres of Dobson Farms for data centers and industry, for Ryan Companies and EdgeCore.

Oct 2025Source

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Florence Town: Tohono O'odham Utility Authority (not available) or Ak-chin Electric Utility Authority (public) or Electrical Dist No3 Pinal County (public) or Gila River Indian Utility Authority (gricua) (co-op (owned by its members)) or Usbia-san Carlos Project (public) or Electrical Dist No2 Pinal County (public) or Electrical Dist No4 Pinal County (not available) or Hohokam Irr & Drain Dist (not available) or Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or Arizona Public Service Co. (company) or Salt River Project (public).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Arizona.

🙋 Open tasks here

Which company will use the data centers?
How much electricity will the campus use in total?
How much water will it use?
How many diesel backup generators are planned?
Exactly which acres belong to Ryan Companies and which to EdgeCore?
Where exactly are the data center parcels? (Our map check put the Arizona Farms and Attaway roads corner just outside town limits.)

How to help →

1 data center project in Florence Town

In Florence Town

Dobson Farms data centers and Florence Tech Park

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Energy Generation and Technology Campus south of Maricopa

La Osa Energy Center data center and gas plant south of Eloy

Arizona Independent Technology Campus near Stanfield

Local votes and rules

✋ Turned down · Pinal County