Data center campus · 283rd Avenue and Patterson Road, near SR 85, Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
Fortescue Buckeye site (former Nikola hydrogen hub)
Site zoned or marketed
as of March 2026
Fortescue's former green hydrogen site in Buckeye, rezoned for broader industrial use with a data center campus named as a likely future use.
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site158acres
Who is behind it
ProjectFortescue Buckeye site (former Nikola hydrogen hub)
Developer and teamFortescue (through Fortescue Future Industries)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.
The record, newest first
Buckeye City Council approved Fortescue's rezoning request, clearing the way for a possible data center. (InBuckeye, March 11, 2026; KJZZ, March 4, 2026)
Buckeye's planning commission recommended removing the hydrogen-only conditions on the 158-acre heavy-industrial parcel; the applicant said a data center campus was likely. (AZBEX, Feb. 10, 2026; Phoenix Business Journal (republished by Orion Investment Real Estate), Feb. 11, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Fortescue told the city it is assessing several options, including a data center; no end user or MW disclosed.
- The 80 MW figure in PBJ reporting was the abandoned hydrogen electrolyzer, not a data center.
- InBuckeye reports the council approval as 'earlier this month' (March 2026); exact vote date not given. AZBEX gives 157 or 158 acres; KJZZ rounds to 160.
The full record
- Status note
- Buckeye lifted hydrogen-only zoning stipulations in March 2026; a data center would still need a conditional use permit and no data center site plan had been filed.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)