Casa Grande Approves 954-Acre Data Center Campus as Pinal County Rejects Similar Projects
Cities inside Pinal County appear friendlier to data centers than the county, which has turned down a gas plant and a massive data campus.
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Gilbert Weighs Data Center Rules Requiring Reclaimed Water and Banning Open-Loop Evaporative Cooling
The Town Council delayed a decision to study how the rules might affect smaller facilities and new technology.
U.S. Moves to Restart Shuttered Nuclear Plants as Data Centers Drive Power Demand
DOE financing is backing restarts and uprates, including a multi-billion-dollar push tied to AI and cloud electricity needs.
Corporation Commission Race Draws Heat Over Power Bills and Data Centers
Republicans Kevin Thompson and Ralph Heap face Democrats Jonathon Hill and Clara Pratte for two seats as APS and TEP seek double-digit rate hikes.
Data Centers Collide With Colorado River Cuts as Arizona Eyes Nearly One-Third Less Water
Mayes warned at a Mesa town hall that planned AI facilities could drive a huge jump in cooling water just as Arizona faces major Colorado River reductions.
Mayes Threatens Lawsuit Over Ahwatukee Data Center After Mesa Town Hall
About 150 Valley residents packed a Mesa gym; the attorney general said she is investigating MenLo Digital’s south Phoenix project and may use public-nuisance law.
Mayes Sets Mesa Town Hall on Data Centers as She Presses for a Statewide Pause Hobbs Won’t Back
The attorney general’s ‘Community Conversation on Data Centers’ is set for Oct. 14 at a Mesa community center, part of a push for a moratorium that the governor has rejected.