Balterra data center
Tonopah, Maricopa County, AZ
Balterra data center is a planned data center in Tonopah, AZ. 593-acre mixed-use master plan by Arizona Land Consulting in Tonopah that includes data center use; Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning on Sept 2, 2026 (AZBEX: 'Dual Plans Will Create Massive W. Valley Mixed-Use'). No development plans submitted yet; administrative review still required. Separate from ALC's Hassayampa Ranch (1.5 GW) and Camelback Creek proposals nearby. (Source dated 2026-09-02.).
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Records and documentation
Arizona state legislation
- Council Vote — Denial of AI Data Center Special Use ApplicationChandler City Council denied a special-use application for an AI data center project in December 2025.Download
- ACC Docket E-01345A-25-0105 - APS 2025 General Rate Case (Data Center Rate Class)Filed June 2025, seeking ~14-16% base rate increase including a 45%+ rate increase specifically for "extra-large energy users" (data centers) and a proposed annual true-up mechanism largely tied to data-center-driven load growth.Download
- Pima County Memorandum of Agreement (Project Blue / Humphreys Peak Properties)Binding MOA between Pima County and Humphreys Peak Properties for the 'Project Blue' data center development.Download
- Ordinance No. 5033 (Zoning Code Ch. 35, Sec. 2214)One of the earliest data center zoning ordinances in the US, enacted by Chandler, AZ in December 2022.Download
- ACC Docket E-00000A-25-0069 - Inquiry into Data Center Rate ClassificationsOpened April 2025 -- commission-wide inquiry into rate classification and cost-allocation policy for data centers/large loads ("Growth Pays for Growth"). Workshop held April 2026.Download
- HB2949 - Energy costs; large data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB2452 - Comprehensive plans; data centers; nuclearDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Address
- Tonopah, AZ
- Stage
- Planned
Capacity and size: not on file
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Photos
Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
ComEd customers could pay billions for data center hookups, warns utility watchdog groupShaw Local Enewspapers
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
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