Project Blue
- Headline capacity
- Not established in published records
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Utility
- Tucson Electric Power
Project Blue is Beale Infrastructure’s data center campus on approximately 290 acres north of the Pima County Fairgrounds in unincorporated Pima County, Arizona. The developer acquired the County land on December 24, 2025. County materials describe approximately ten buildings and up to $3.6 billion in planned capital investment. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved Tucson Electric Power’s electric-service agreement in December 2025 for an initial 286 MW of utility service. Beale’s current project timeline records a first-quarter 2026 construction start and targets phase-one completion in 2028. The developer describes an air-cooled, closed-loop design and estimates average water use of 15,000–20,000 gallons per day, primarily for domestic building needs and fire protection. Beale’s current project listing describes an expected capacity of 600 MW; the listing does not specify whether this is IT or gross facility capacity. This is separate from the initial 286 MW electric-service agreement.
Capacity
Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records
A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.
Development
10 buildings
Project Blue campus on approximately 290 acres north of the Pima County Fairgrounds. County materials describe approximately ten buildings and up to $3.6 billion planned investment; the developer targets first-phase completion in 2028.
Milestones (4)
Dec 3, 2025 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Status changed
Sources (1)
- Vice Chair Myers confirms Project Blue electric-service agreement approval · Dec 5, 2025 · Primary
Dec 24, 2025 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Land acquired
Sources (1)
- Progress Update on Project Blue Development · Apr 23, 2026 · Primary
Apr 23, 2026 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Status changed
Sources (1)
- Progress Update on Project Blue Development · Apr 23, 2026 · Primary
2028 · Forecast / planned record
Forecast · Forecast completion
Sources (1)
- Pima County data center project · Primary
Participants
Other participants (4)
Utility provider · Utility
Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
- Vice Chair Myers confirms Project Blue electric-service agreement approval · Dec 5, 2025 · Primary
Project land entity
Host jurisdiction and land seller
Rejected annexation and water counterparty
Capital & incentives
Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.
Capital claims
Financing records
Capital investment
$3.6bnMay 21, 2025
Parties & sources
Site & development
Location context
ActualUnincorporated Pima County, north of the Pima County Fairgrounds, Arizona
SourceAdditional project facts
Infrastructure & permits
Technical details (3)
Secured or contracted
286 MW
Initial 286 MW of electric service under the special agreement approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission on December 3, 2025.
Planned or represented
Beale describes an air-cooled, closed-loop design intended to eliminate industrial cooling-water consumption.
Planned or represented
Beale estimates 15,000–20,000 gallons per day of average water use, primarily for domestic building needs and fire protection.
Project map
Other · Documented
Project Blue County permitting-progress register (April 23, 2026)
Pima County
Apr 23, 2026
Sources (1)
- Progress Update on Project Blue Development · Apr 23, 2026 · Primary
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.
Related projects (1)
Operating · Tucson, Arizona, United States
Same locality: Tucson
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