Prime Data Centers Phoenix campus
Avondale, Maricopa County, AZ
Construction is under way on Prime Data Centers Phoenix campus in Avondale, AZ. The project is sized at 240 MW with an estimated investment of $3 billion. Five-building 66.5-acre campus, 240MW IT / 1.3M sq ft; broke ground on first three buildings May 2026, 48MW each.
- 240 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under construction May 21, 2026
- Operational
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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
- Prime Data Centers
- County
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Capacity
- 240 MW
- Address
- Avondale, AZ
- Stage
- Under construction
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