Zoning hurdle cleared for proposed Arizona data center hub with up to 59 buildings
A prominent Arizona landowner’s plan to turn more than 3,300 acres of vacant desert land into a data center hub is moving forward.
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A prominent Arizona landowner’s plan to turn more than 3,300 acres of vacant desert land in Pinal County into a future data center hub with its own power-generating facilities is moving forward.
After a lengthy Q&A session with Pinal County’s Planning and Zoning Committee members at an April 16 meeting, the committee ultimately voted 7-2 to recommend approval for rezoning the site.
The applicant and landowner, Vermaland LLC, is calling the project the La Osa Energy Center. It would include up to 59 data center buildings along with two gas-fired power plants and battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to a narrative document.
The site where the project is proposed is off Picacho Highway, roughly an hour drive south of Phoenix and near the city of Eloy.
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Where are they getting water? Article only mentions power and battery storage.
Perfect, not only pollution but another water gobbling data center. Yo! We're running out of water, do we need this?
Water initially comes in from the utility company but once they have water, they use it, treat it internally and use the reclaimed water. As an example, when Intel releases water back into the city system it’s cleaner than when they get it, same for these other plants and data centers. Read up on it, you’ll get the answers.
Did you know agriculture uses far more water, about 72%, than anything else in Arizona? Nobody complains about agriculture though!!!