Pima County, Arizona, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on December 16, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved Project Blue's CUP zoning amendment and the sale of 290 acres for nearly $21M to Beale Infrastructure on Christmas Eve 2025, despite significant community opposition. Project Blue (originally… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | December 16, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Pima County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Arizona context
Arizona has 10 documented local actions across 9 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (in force, July 1, 2026).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.