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Board of Supervisors, June 17, 2025

Approves Project Blue data center specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment at Houghton and I-10, 3-2

7h 22m57,008 words
111 mentionszoningpublic hearingcomprehensive planmotion to approveapprovedindustrialresidentialannexationcommercialrezoningland usedenieddeferredPima County, AZ
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What happened

Pima County approved the South Harrison Road specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment for Project Blue, a $3.6 billion data center on 290.31 acres at Houghton and I-10 (case P25SP00002), on a 3-2 roll-call vote (Allen and Cano opposed).

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Pima County, AZ
Governing body
Final authority
Date
June 17, 2025
Decisions
18 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, 3-2

Free sample: decision 1 of 18

Project Blue data center specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment at Houghton and I-10

Approval of the South Harrison Road specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment (P25SP00002) permitting industrial/data center use on 290.31 acres north of the Pima County Fairgrounds at Houghton and I-10. Applicant Beale Infrastructure; project includes up to 10 data center buildings (phase one up to 4 buildings), $3.6 billion capital investment, 18-mile reclaimed water pipeline, 30-acre aquifer recharge facility. Roll-call vote 3-2, Supervisors Allen and Cano opposed.

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Meeting Summary

Pima County approved the South Harrison Road specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment for Project Blue, a $3.6 billion data center on 290.31 acres at Houghton and I-10 (case P25SP00002), on a 3-2 roll-call vote (Allen and Cano opposed).

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Key Decisions (18)

Approved

Project Blue data center specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment at Houghton and I-10

Vote: 3-2Conditions attached
Approved

Purchase and sale agreement for Project Blue land at Southeast Employment and Logistics Center

Vote: 3-2Conditions attached
Approved

Flood control home acquisitions in Bighorn Fire floodplain (items 22, 23, 24)

Vote: 3-1
Approved

Flood Control District code text amendment ordinance 2025-FC3

Vote: 4-0
Approved

Fireworks permit for Ajo Gibson Volunteer Fire Department July 4th show

Vote: 5-0Conditions attached
Approved

South Tucson fire services fee waiver (item 56)

Vote: 4-1
Approved

Opioid settlement funding modifications ($8 million)

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Resolution 2025-21 (item 38)

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Resolution 2025-2022 (item 62)

Vote: 4-1
Other

Public safety in remote areas of Pima County presentation

Approved

Procurement appeal - affirm procurement director decision (item 66)

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Wastewater code text amendments ordinances 2025-13 and 2025-14

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Fireworks permit for Westin La Paloma Freedom Fest

Vote: 5-0Conditions attached
Approved

Budget remediation plans for Sheriff's Office and Public Defense Services (item 32)

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Flood Control District final budget FY2025-2026

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Library District final budget FY2025-2026

Vote: 4-1
Approved

Pima County final budget FY2025-2026 with tax rate reduction

Vote: 3-2
Approved

Debt service final budget FY2025-2026

Vote: 5-0

Zoning Changes (1)

290.31 acres

Development Activity (2)

Project Blue data center

Industrial

Reddington floodplain home acquisition

Residential

Market Signals (6)

Infrastructure

Beale Infrastructure's Project Blue commits to an 18-mile reclaimed water…

Commercial Demand

Multiple economic development bodies cited seven similar data center projects…

Infrastructure

TEP declined to disclose Project Blue's projected energy load and…

Who Spoke (34)

ChairCouncilmember · 5Staff · 9Clerk · 2Applicant's RepWitness · 2Public · 11

On the record: the chair, 5 councilmembers, 9 staff members, 2 clerks, the applicant's representative, 2 witnesses, and 11 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 4 of 4 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

S. Harrison Road rezone

District District 4Case File ID 18893
Approved 3-2ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 3-2moved by Rex Scott1 condition of approval
1 condition, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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Contract Tyler Martin and Molly Elizabeth Martin as Trustees of Tyler Martin and Molly… subdivision

Case File ID 18900
Approved 3-1ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 3-1moved by Rex Scott

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