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The Data Center Divide

Pinal County

Pro-Data Center Policies

Pinal County changed 215 acres from residential to employment use, making a data center easier to pursue there. This land-use change does not guarantee construction or remove other approval requirements.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Approves redesignating 215 acres from residential to employment use for a proposed data center campus and related industrial, office, and business park uses.Pinal County PZ-PA-013-25 (2025)

What this means

The amendment would change 215 acres from residential use to employment use, including a data center, making this specific project easier to pursue. It adds no special conditions, but it is only a land-use change and does not itself guarantee construction or remove other approvals.

People behind it

  • Owner and applicant that requested the major comprehensive plan amendment, Resolution No. 2025-PZ-PA-013-25.

  • Agent for Selma & Midway LLC in proposing the comprehensive plan amendment for the data center and employment-use designation.

  • Pinal County planner who introduced and presented the proposed comprehensive plan amendment to the Board.

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  • Pinal County staff member identified with the planning case and involved in administering the proposed amendment.

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  • The county re-designated approximately 215 acres from Moderate Low Density Residential to Employment, expressly allowing use for a data center, industrial, office, and business park. The amendment was approved with no stipulations, supporting development without additional conditions imposed by the Board. re-designate 215± acres ... for a data center

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Specific to Pinal County only.

failed · County measure
Would require Arizona counties with more than 125,000 residents to designate land for data centers in their comprehensive plans without preventing their construction or operation.Arizona HB2452 (2026)

What this means

This would require counties with more than 125,000 people to plan for where data centers can be built, and the plan must not effectively prevent their use (designations shall be sufficient). That could make it easier to find land for data centers, but it does not provide funding or guarantee project approval, so the benefit is moderate.

People behind it

  • Prime sponsor and introducer of HB 2452.

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  • A county’s comprehensive plan may include studies and recommendations on electric-power production and demand, expressly including data centers; this is optional, not required. The plan may include studies and recommendations

  • Counties with populations over 125,000 must designate land in their comprehensive plans for data center construction and operation, with designations sufficient not to prevent or prohibit effective use of land for those purposes. Other counties may include this planning. Counties meeting the population threshold must amend their plans within two years of the act’s effective date. Designations shall be sufficient

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