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Illustration for the Flock camera ordinance: a license plate camera mounted on a pole beside pages labeled "Ordinance," with the Superstition Mountains and a saguaro behind.

Flock Camera Ordinance Passes 7-0 in Apache Junction, Making Misuse a Crime

Nick Kanavati Oct 7, 2026
Aerial map of western Casa Grande showing two data center sites. A red parcel along the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway near Montgomery Road is labeled Grande Valley Data Center: permit approved 6-1 on Oct. 1, 2026, 954 acres, 300 acre-feet of water a year, 1.2 gigawatts of on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells. An orange parcel to the southeast along Gila Bend Highway is labeled Prop 207 Data Center Site: permit requirement waived in August 2026 to settle a $146 million property-rights claim, 480 acres, 800 acre-feet of water a year.

Casa Grande Data Center Permit Approved for New Campus, Separate From Prop 207 Waiver Site

Nick Kanavati Oct 5, 2026
Aerial map of the Florence Tech Park site north of Florence, Arizona, outlined in white with a label reading "The only place in Florence where a data center is permitted by right." Dobson Farms West and Dobson Farms East are marked in yellow and red to the southwest, SRP Copper Crossing and the SRP Abel Substation sit to the north, San Tan Valley is shaded blue to the northwest and Florence town limits are shaded green to the south and east.

Florence Data Center Committee Learns Where Data Centers Can Go and How the Town Can Regulate Them

Nick Kanavati Sep 30, 2026

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Map of the 4,696-acre SR 79 industrial rezoning site on state land north of Skyline Drive, between San Tan Valley and Florence

4,696-acre SR 79 industrial rezoning approved; employer could generate its…

Nick Kanavati Oct 1, 2026
Illustration of a house labeled “Microschool” beside signs reading “Allowed?”, “Special Permit?” and “Not Allowed?” The headline reads “Zoning Rules for Microschools Under Review.”

State 48 Microschool Permit Vote Delayed as County Weighs What…

Nick Kanavati Sep 25, 2026
Employer’s own data center could be part of 4,696-acre industrial…

Employer’s own data center could be part of 4,696-acre industrial…

Nick Kanavati Sep 23, 2026
Flock camera with an Apache Junction desert backdrop.

Apache Junction Surveillance Ordinance Would Make Employee Misuse a Crime

Nick Kanavati Sep 19, 2026
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Illustration for the Flock camera ordinance: a license plate camera mounted on a pole beside pages labeled "Ordinance," with the Superstition Mountains and a saguaro behind.

Flock Camera Ordinance Passes 7-0 in Apache Junction, Making Misuse…

Nick Kanavati Oct 7, 2026
Aerial map of western Casa Grande showing two data center sites. A red parcel along the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway near Montgomery Road is labeled Grande Valley Data Center: permit approved 6-1 on Oct. 1, 2026, 954 acres, 300 acre-feet of water a year, 1.2 gigawatts of on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells. An orange parcel to the southeast along Gila Bend Highway is labeled Prop 207 Data Center Site: permit requirement waived in August 2026 to settle a $146 million property-rights claim, 480 acres, 800 acre-feet of water a year.

Casa Grande Data Center Permit Approved for New Campus, Separate…

Nick Kanavati Oct 5, 2026
Aerial map of the Florence Tech Park site north of Florence, Arizona, outlined in white with a label reading "The only place in Florence where a data center is permitted by right." Dobson Farms West and Dobson Farms East are marked in yellow and red to the southwest, SRP Copper Crossing and the SRP Abel Substation sit to the north, San Tan Valley is shaded blue to the northwest and Florence town limits are shaded green to the south and east.

Florence Data Center Committee Learns Where Data Centers Can Go…

Nick Kanavati Sep 30, 2026