Data Center Atlas
Project Blue
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Beale Infrastructure is building a data center campus on about 290 acres of former county land just north of the Pima County Fairgrounds, in unincorporated Pima County outside Tucson's city limits. Tucson's council voted against the project in August 2025, ending annexation talks, so it went ahead under county jurisdiction with a redesigned air-cooled plan. The county puts total investment at USD 3.6 billion, with four buildings in the first phase and up to ten at full build-out. State regulators approved a Tucson Electric Power supply agreement for 286 MW in December 2025, and work on site was reported under way in April 2026.
Source record as of 2026-04-24 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Project Blue
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, US. Wikipedia coordinates for Tucson. The site is in unincorporated Pima County immediately north of the Pima County Fairgrounds and west of Houghton Road in the Southeast Employment and Logistics Center, southeast of this point; no coordinates were found in a cited source. Pima County; KOLD News 13
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 3,600,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Total capital investment planned over a multi-year build, per the county's undated Project Blue FAQ page as viewed on the access date; its newest listed document is dated April 2026. | Pima County |
| Power capacity | 286 MW | Contracted · Campus · Grid connection | 2025-12-04 | Capacity TEP is to provide by 2028 under the energy supply agreement approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission; any expansion would need a new agreement. | Arizona Luminaria; Arizona Capitol Times |
| Land area | about 290 acres | Acquired · Campus | 2026-04-24 | Pima County; KOLD News 13 | |
| Buildings | up to 10 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-04-24 | Pima County; KOLD News 13 | |
| Buildings | 4 count | Planned · Phase · Initial phase | 2026-10-09 | Undated county FAQ page as viewed on the access date. | Pima County |
| Jobs permanent | about 180 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-12-16 | The county FAQ expects these jobs by the third year of operations. | Pima County; KOLD News 13 |
| Jobs construction | more than 3,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Direct construction jobs expected between 2026 and 2028, per the undated county FAQ page as viewed on the access date. | Pima County |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beale Infrastructure | Developer | Pima County; Arizona Capitol Times; KOLD News 13 | |
| Humphrey's Peak Properties, LLC | Owner | Arizona Luminaria names it as the purchaser in the county land sale contract, and the county's binding memorandum of agreement is with it; AZ Capitol Times refers to the developers as Beale Infrastructure and Humphrey's Peak Power. | Arizona Luminaria; Pima County |
| Tucson Electric Power | Utility | Arizona Luminaria; Arizona Capitol Times | |
| Pima County | Government | Sold the land and approved a binding community-benefits agreement with Beale. | Pima County; KOLD News 13 |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-17 | Other | Actual | Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of the county parcel to the developer. | Arizona Luminaria |
| 2025-08 | Other | Actual | Tucson City Council voted against the project, ending annexation negotiations. | Arizona Luminaria; Arizona's Family (KTVK/KPHO) |
| 2025-12-03 | Other | Actual | Arizona Corporation Commission approved the TEP energy supply agreement by a four-to-one vote. | Arizona Capitol Times |
| 2025-12-16 | Other | Actual | County board approved a binding agreement with Beale by a three-to-two vote. | KOLD News 13 |
| 2025-12 | Site acquired | Actual | County lists land sale closing updates dated late December 2025. | Pima County |
| 2027 | First operational | Planned | County FAQ says the first building could be operational as soon as 2027. | Pima County |
| 2028 | First operational | Planned | April 2026 local coverage says the campus is expected to be running by 2028, later than the county's earliest target. | KOLD News 13 |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Tucson Electric Power supply under a special energy supply agreement that TEP says uses existing resources; Beale has pledged to match all of its consumption with independently verified renewable energy. | Arizona Capitol Times; KOLD News 13 |
AZ Capitol Times reported in December 2025 that Amazon Web Services, which public records first obtained by Arizona Luminaria had tied to the project, would no longer use it after the switch to air cooling, and that no replacement user had been named.
Sources for these details
- Project Blue FAQ — Pima County; publication date not stated
- Project Blue is back: Beale moving ahead with data center on county land — Arizona Luminaria; 2025-08-27 · Archived source
- Tucson rejects Amazon-linked data center amid water, energy concerns — Arizona's Family (KTVK/KPHO); 2025-08-08 · Archived source
- ACC greenlights energy agreement for TEP to power Project Blue data center — Arizona Capitol Times; 2025-12-04 · Archived source
- Pima County Board of Supervisors gives green light to Project Blue — KOLD News 13; 2025-12-16 · Archived source
- Construction begins on first hyper-scale data center in Pima County — KOLD News 13; 2026-04-24
- Companies
- Developer: Beale Infrastructure (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Beale Infrastructure (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Beale Infrastructure (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Humphrey's Peak Properties, LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Humphrey's Peak Properties, LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Tucson Electric Power (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Tucson Electric Power (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Pima County (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Pima County (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Construction begins on first hyper-scale data center in Pima County evidence row
KOLD News 13 · published 2026-04-24 · News - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 186 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 32.22190, -110.97140
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Wikipedia coordinates for Tucson. The site is in unincorporated Pima County immediately north of the Pima County Fairgrounds and west of Houghton Road in the Southeast Employment and Logistics Center, southeast of this point; no coordinates were found in a cited source.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 27cd40f2
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC greenlights energy agreement for TEP to power Project Blue data center Archived copy | Arizona Capitol Times News | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Arizona Capitol Times | 380fe1d8c8f6020bd9f3298093d7e2fa5b430aadca355ca9b40ca8e88c44f500Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Construction begins on first hyper-scale data center in Pima County Archived copy | KOLD News 13 News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: First Operational | source-terms-not-recorded | KOLD News 13 | b59904404725f2515cae9af8a5b36b7ccd27fedeb02c9b91c18cedaab3923cb4Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Pima County Board of Supervisors gives green light to Project Blue Archived copy | KOLD News 13 News | Imported: Record, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | KOLD News 13 | 923b113ba35196eb8c86aa8b70f3e6829803f4a5bb361a2284a885e19c152155Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Project Blue FAQ Archived copy | Pima County Government record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Site Acquired, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Owner claim | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Pima County | 97295c55ce08a7f561d7807aaacecd876b8ac5a4c6b8980324e1385c76ac172aFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Project Blue is back: Beale moving ahead with data center on county land Archived copy | Arizona Luminaria News | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Owner claim, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Arizona Luminaria | da39e257a87c5aa8b7e9765cd4727288c45457ed6b8ae81afd70afd575701d97Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Tucson rejects Amazon-linked data center amid water, energy concerns Archived copy | Arizona's Family (KTVK/KPHO) News | Imported: Record, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | Arizona's Family (KTVK/KPHO) | 17d4d54ad205b56ace926b3258c87c97c044d6541180c8990b8bcc6ec11b7197Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Project Blue [site vcc-site-18500c4557e6b208669d]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-18500c4557e6b208669d/
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