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4,696-acre SR 79 industrial rezoning approved; employer could generate its own power and run an ancillary data center
Florence Data Center Committee Learns Where Data Centers Can Go and How the Town Can Regulate Them
State 48 Microschool Permit Vote Delayed as County Weighs What Counts as a School
Employer’s own data center could be part of 4,696-acre industrial site along SR 79 under P&Z-recommended plan
Apache Junction Surveillance Ordinance Would Make Employee Misuse a Crime

Satellite map of the Horseshoe Energy Project and other proposed energy projects near the Pinal West Substation. The 159-acre Horseshoe gas and battery site sits just east of the substation, with Elixir Power and Hazy Peak Storage to the south, Tap Solar to the southeast, and the Prism, Pinyon and Caballero solar projects to the north and west.

Horseshoe Energy Project Returns to Pinal P&Z Oct. 15 After Commission Delays Decision on Gas Plant Expansion

Nick Kanavati Oct 14, 2026

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

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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

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

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

Apache Junction Council Members Back Taking Stretch of SR 88…

Apache Junction Council Members Back Taking Stretch of SR 88…

Nick Kanavati Sep 17, 2026

Police photo of Francisco Solano Jr., 18, the third suspect taken into custody after the Casa Grande shooting arrests.

Two teens arrested in Casa Grande shooting that wounded girl,…

Nick Kanavati Sep 17, 2026

Three people walking on a sidewalk at night beside a parked pickup truck, in surveillance video released by police after a Casa Grande shooting.

Girl, 10, wounded after shooting near Casa Grande high school…

Nick Kanavati Sep 15, 2026

Aerial view of wind turbines spread across open grassland beneath distant hills

SunZia Can Now Carry 3,000 MW of Wind Power to…

Nick Kanavati Sep 15, 2026

Aerial map of the Red Rock area showing the proposed 660-acre solar and battery site in yellow east of Interstate 10, labeled as a plan amendment under review; the APS Red Rock Solar Plant, 40 megawatts on 400 acres since 2016; the APS Saguaro gas plant, operating since 1954 with a proposed expansion from about 185 to about 905 megawatts; and the Sunridge gas plant site in blue southwest of Red Rock, granted a county industrial use permit in June 2026 for up to 1,360 megawatts.

Red Rock energy hub could grow: 660-acre solar and battery…

Nick Kanavati Sep 14, 2026

A resident speaks at a podium during a city council meeting, holding up a stack of printed pages.

Casa Grande Flock Cameras Stay in Place as Residents Raise…

Nick Kanavati Sep 10, 2026

Aerial map of the Rosebud Energy Project site outlined in green beside the Nissan test track, with the planned data center campus in yellow to the west

Rosebud Energy Project Would Put Solar Panels and Batteries on…

Nick Kanavati Sep 8, 2026

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Air Quality: Moderate

Moon Phase: 0.25%

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Satellite map of the Horseshoe Energy Project and other proposed energy projects near the Pinal West Substation. The 159-acre Horseshoe gas and battery site sits just east of the substation, with Elixir Power and Hazy Peak Storage to the south, Tap Solar to the southeast, and the Prism, Pinyon and Caballero solar projects to the north and west.

Horseshoe Energy Project Returns to Pinal P&Z Oct. 15 After…

Nick Kanavati Oct 14, 2026

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