Board of Supervisors, June 17, 2025
Approves Project Blue data center specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment at Houghton and I-10, 3-2
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).
- 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.
- subject to standard and special conditions
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
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).
Key Decisions (18)
Project Blue data center specific plan and comprehensive plan amendment at Houghton and I-10
Purchase and sale agreement for Project Blue land at Southeast Employment and Logistics Center
Flood control home acquisitions in Bighorn Fire floodplain (items 22, 23, 24)
Flood Control District code text amendment ordinance 2025-FC3
Fireworks permit for Ajo Gibson Volunteer Fire Department July 4th show
South Tucson fire services fee waiver (item 56)
Opioid settlement funding modifications ($8 million)
Resolution 2025-21 (item 38)
Resolution 2025-2022 (item 62)
Public safety in remote areas of Pima County presentation
Procurement appeal - affirm procurement director decision (item 66)
Wastewater code text amendments ordinances 2025-13 and 2025-14
Fireworks permit for Westin La Paloma Freedom Fest
Budget remediation plans for Sheriff's Office and Public Defense Services (item 32)
Flood Control District final budget FY2025-2026
Library District final budget FY2025-2026
Pima County final budget FY2025-2026 with tax rate reduction
Debt service final budget FY2025-2026
Zoning Changes (1)
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)
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
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 4 of 4 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
Hearing - Code Text Amendment ORDINANCE NO subdivision
Contract Tyler Martin and Molly Elizabeth Martin as Trustees of Tyler Martin and Molly… subdivision
Musket Road vacation
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