Data center project · Pima County, Arizona
Beale Marana data center campus (Luckett Road)
Approved · A roughly 600-acre, two-parcel campus by Project Blue's developer on land owned by the Kai Family Trust and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also known as: Luckett Data Center.
- Status
- Approved · as of Jan. 6, 2026
- Approved by
- Marana Town Council
Rezoning for the two-parcel data center campus, Jan. 6, 2026, vote Unanimous among members voting
The planning commission recommended approval 6-0 on Dec. 10, 2025. Council member Herb Kai, whose family trust owns one parcel, was absent. Date taken from AZ Luminaria's description of a Tuesday vote; confirm against town minutes. (AZ Luminaria, Jan. 8, 2026; KOLD 13 News, June 26, 2026) - Location
- Marana, Luckett Road across from the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Pinal Airpark Road is the northern edge · Pima County
- Status note
- Marana Town Council approved the rezoning; KOLD reported on Sept. 30, 2026 that construction had not started.
- Power
- 750 MW
550-750 MW at full build-out, per Beale (AZBEX, AZ Luminaria). Range given; upper value stored. - Land
- 600 acres
- Investment
- $5 billion (applicant claim, AZ Luminaria)
- Developer and team
- Beale Infrastructure
- End user
- Not disclosed; the town says it does not know the end user.
- Utility
- Tucson Electric Power (one parcel) and Trico Electric Cooperative (the other); no TEP energy service agreement filed as of Nov. 2025.
- Water
- Marana Water potable supply plus about 40 acre-feet of non-potable water from the Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District; closed-loop air cooling. Town rules bar potable water for cooling.
- Incentives
- None found. Beale projected $145 million in town tax revenue.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- Sept. 30, 2026 Marana held a hearing on ordinance amendments for noise and decommissioning; Beale said it would not attend. (KOLD 13 News, Sept. 30, 2026)
- Jan. 6, 2026 The Town Council approved the rezoning unanimously among members voting; Council member Herb Kai, whose family trust owns one parcel, was absent. (AZ Luminaria, Jan. 8, 2026; KOLD 13 News, June 26, 2026)
- Dec. 10, 2025 The Marana planning commission recommended the rezoning 6-0. (AZ Luminaria, Jan. 8, 2026)
- Nov. 7, 2025 AZBEX reported Beale's applications under Marana's data center ordinance for two roughly 300-acre sites. (AZBEX, Nov. 7, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- The approval date comes from AZ Luminaria's description of a Tuesday vote; its photo captions show 2025, so confirm the date against town minutes.
- Opponents have discussed a citizen referendum; no filing was confirmed.
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