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

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Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Pinal County: 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) or Trico Electric Cooperative Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).

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🙋 Open tasks here

Will Vermaland bring back a new plan for this land?
Will the developer challenge the denial in court?
Who would use the data center?
When will the Planning Commission take up the rezoning again?
How much power and water would it use?
Would it buy power from the planned Project Bella gas plant next door?
Who would build and use the data center? One trade report links a similar 495-acre campus near Maricopa to Copia Power.
When will the rezoning hearing be held?
How big would the gas power plant be?
How much water would it use each day?
Who would build and use the data centers?
What kind of power plants would be built, and how big?
How much water would it use?
When will the county Planning Commission and supervisors vote?

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4 data center projects in Unincorporated Pinal County

In Unincorporated Pinal County

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

Project Midway data center campus southwest of Casa Grande

Energy Generation and Technology Campus south of Maricopa

Arizona Independent Technology Campus near Stanfield

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Dobson Farms data centers and Florence Tech Park

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