Project Blue
Tucson, Pima County, AZ
Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl), a private operator, is building Project Blue in Tucson, AZ. Reported capacity is 600 MW with an estimated investment of $3.6 billion. 290-acre, up to 10 buildings; Tucson council rejected Aug 2025 and AWS pulled out Dec 2025, but project proceeds in unincorporated Pima County with TEP power approved by ACC. Reported 2025. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Project Blue is a real 290-acre data center in unincorporated Pima County being developed by Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl). Tucson rejected it in August 2025, AWS withdrew in December 2025, ACC approved TEP power, and construction is underway as of April 2026. Source: https://www.kjzz.org/the-show/2025-12-09/rejected-by-tucson-and-abandoned-by-amazon-project-blue-data-center-moves-forward.
- 600 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Records and documentation
- Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting — Dec 16, 2025 (final 3-2 vote approving binding MOA)Board voted 3-2 (Scott, Christy, Heinz for; Allen, Cano against) to approve the binding agreement with Beale Infrastructure/Humphrey's Peak Properties.Download
- Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting — June 17, 2025 (Specific/Comprehensive Plan Amendment & rezoning, case CT2500000038)~290-acre rezoning case north of the Pima County Fairgrounds for the Project Blue site.Download
- Binding Memorandum of Agreement between Pima County and Humphrey's Peak Properties, LLC (Community Benefit Commitments, Project Blue)Community-benefit commitments (renewable energy, $15M STEM/education pledge, tax revenue estimates) posted on Pima County's official Project Blue page, tied to the Dec. 10, 2025 Board of Supervisors agenda. Corresponds to File ID 19642-CA already tracked.Download
- City of Tucson Mayor & Council — Motions Adopted Under Aug 6, 2025 Study Session Item 8 (Project Blue)Council voted 7-0 to end annexation negotiations and withdraw the proposed reclaimed-water/Tucson Water service agreement, ending city involvement after public backlash.Download
- Reclaimed Water Discharge on the Pima County Wastewater System (June 13, 2025 memo)County staff memo on reclaimed-water discharge related to Project Blue's cooling plans. Not the City of Tucson/Tucson Water agreement -- that deal was terminated before signing (see next row).Download
- CT2500000038, EX — Rezoning/Specific Plan exhibit, Project Blue siteExhibit PDF tied to the Project Blue rezoning case, on the county's official Project Blue documents page.Download
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
- Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl)
- County
- Pima County, AZ
- Capacity
- 600 MW
- Address
- Tucson, AZ
- Stage
- Under construction
Size: not on file
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