Data center profile · About 500 acres south of Page, Coconino County, Arizona, near Horseshoe Bend and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation

Page Data Center (Huntley)

Proposed 1 GW data center on 500 acres of city land in Page, Arizona; $7 million sale to Huntley LLC not closed, no zoning.

Land sale approved, unclosed. Page's council voted 5-2 on Oct. 22, 2025 to sell the land to Huntley LLC; closing awaits an 18 to 24 month feasibility period. Land is zoned parks and open space; city has committed no water or power.
The campus, Satellite image, Aug. 28, 2025
1 GW
campus the buyer says it will seek permits for
city documents and press; no IT or utility load figure is filed
500 acres
city land in the sale
$14,000 an acre, $7 million total
$10B
build cost developers reportedly estimate
press; the developer's Dec. 2024 pitch said about $2B and 15 buildings
14 TWh a year
electricity the developer assumed at full build-out
from a developer email to the city utility, Oct. 2025; about 1.6 GW of continuous load
OperatorHuntley LLC (developer; parent reported to be UK firm Hollybrook)
CustomerNone named; an unnamed household-name tenant was reported in talks (press, Sept. 2025)
Planned IT capacity800 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 1 GW campus power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next deadlineOct. 28, 2026: City Council public hearing on the data center overlay zoning text (the planning commission has postponed its own vote to Nov. 17, 2026)
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Satellite image, Aug. 28, 2025.
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Not used, not on record, or dropped

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Oct. 8, 2025
    Developer asks for a power deal
    Developer email to the city utility assumes 14 TWh a year and asks about a power price near 3 cents per kWh. News report · Oct. 2025
  2. May 26, 2026
    Grid capacity called unresolved
    A local report calls grid capacity the single most material outstanding contingency in the project. News report · May 2026
  3. As of Oct. 2026
    No commitments on record
    No interconnection, service agreement or power purchase deal exists, and the city says it has not committed water or electricity. Local government · Oct. 2026
  4. Not set
    Utility capacity certification: required if overlay passes
    The proposed zoning would require a letter from the electric provider certifying it can serve the data center. Local government · Sept. 2026

What is next door

campus0.88 km · 345 kV+ transmission line2.17 km · gas pipeline4.59 km · 138 kV transmission line4.63 km · substationcampus0.88 km · 345 kV+ transmission line2.17 km · gas pipeline4.59 km · 138 kV transmission line4.63 km · substation

Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

1 denied · 1 pending · 1 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$7M
land price, 500 acres at $14,000 an acre
based on an April 2025 appraisal of bare land; not yet closed Local government · Oct. 2026
Up to 8 years
closing timeline the buyer can stretch to
by paying escalating extension fees News report · Oct. 2025
$20M
pursuit spending the developer must reach
with grading on 50% of the site within two years of closing, or the city can buy the land back at the original price News report · Oct. 2025
$10B (press)
reported total build cost
developer's Dec. 2024 email said about $2B News report · Dec. 2024
$10M+ a year
city revenue the city says could result once operating
Local government · Oct. 2026

Not on record: financing or incentives: no lender or abatement on record, the contract requires an equivalent sales tax even on self-generated power News report · Oct. 2025

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 10, 2024
    Site Huntley's Hollybrook contact emails the city a 500-acre, 15-building, $2B proposal News report · Dec. 2024
  2. Jan. 30, 2025
    Site City staff sign a non-disclosure agreement with Huntley News report · Jan. 2025
  3. Aug. 27, 2025
    Site The land sale appears on a public agenda for the first time News report · Aug. 2025
  4. Oct. 22, 2025
    Permits Council votes 5-2 to sell about 500 acres to Huntley for $7M News report · Oct. 2025
  5. Nov. 21, 2025
    Permits Residents file a referendum petition against the sale Local government · Nov. 2025
  6. Dec. 12, 2025
    Permits City Clerk rules the referendum petition ineligible Local government · Dec. 2025
  7. Feb. 1, 2026
    Site LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation passes a resolution against the sale News report · Feb. 2026
  8. April 8, 2026
    Site Council bars the city manager from signing secret agreements alone News report · April 2026
  9. July 1, 2026
    Site Voters oust Mayor Kidman and Councilor Farrow, who backed the deal; an opponent wins the mayor's race News report · July 2026
  10. Oct. 6, 2026
    Permits Planning commission hears the overlay zoning text and postpones its vote to Nov. 17 News report · Oct. 2026
  11. Oct. 28, 2026
    Permits Council public hearing on the overlay zoning text is noticed Local government · Oct. 2026
  12. Nov. 17, 2026
    Permits Planning commission's rescheduled vote on the overlay text Local government · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since March 2022: 67 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 4 earlier records are not drawn.

Satellite
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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

500 acres
four parcels, currently zoned parks and open space
News report · Oct. 2025
About 15 buildings
in the developer's Dec. 2024 pitch, each about 30 acres and 30 feet high
News report · Dec. 2024
50 to 60 permanent jobs
stated by a councilor at the Oct. 2025 vote
News report · Oct. 2025
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • City of Page: seller of the land
  • Huntley LLC: buyer and developer
  • Hollybrook (UK): reported parent of Huntley
Decision-makers
  • Page City Council: voted 5-2 for the sale
  • Page Planning and Zoning Commission: reviewing the overlay text
  • Bill Diak: opponent elected mayor, takes office Nov. 2026
Power
  • Page Utility Enterprises: city utility, no commitment
  • Western Area Power Administration: federal hydropower marketer
Advisers
  • Keith Moran: Hollybrook, developer's lead contact
  • Arup: engineering adviser (press)
  • Huck Appraisal Office: set the $14,000 an acre value
Opponents
  • PAGE PAC: referendum and recall petitions
  • LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation
  • Residents' Change.org petition, 1,800+ signatures
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

286 records from 21 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, state agency records, public and commercial datasets, securities filings and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 12Local government 3State agency 3Dataset 2SEC filing 1Satellite 0
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (17)
  • Utility: Page Utility Enterprises (City of Page municipal utility) - named as the coordinating utility for any future proposal; no supply commitment made
    “Until the City has specific plans or requests for water/power, there is nothing to evaluate. The City has been very forthcoming with the developer that we are not committing to provide any utilities”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: not stated
    “No commitments have been made regarding water or electricity”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Paper or real: paper - the only executed instrument is a land sale agreement whose closing is contingent on a feasibility period; the developer holds no power supply, no zoning, no tenant and no financing
    “No commitments have been made regarding water or electricity, and any future proposal would be subject to separate review and permitting processes as required by law”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: no utility position - land-sale / feasibility stage: buyer Huntley LLC (linked by city documents to UK real estate firm Hollybrook; Keith Moran of Hollybrook speaks for the developer) must complet
    “Keith Moran of Hollybrook has been explicit that the developer bears the full cost of all enabling works—including power transmission and roads”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Power plan: unknown - grid supply coordinated through Page Utility Enterprises is contemplated, plus a possible on-site energy project; no supply of either kind is secured
    “the feasibility period exists precisely to determine if a viable power supply can even be confirmed”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: announced / land sale approved but unclosed - feasibility period running with power unresolved, zoning not in place, no tenant and no financing; the council majority that approved the sale loses the mayor's office
    “a deal that hinges on a massive, currently unresolved infrastructure hurdle”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Nearest substation: REFERENCE: 4.63 km - unnamed substation at 36.90363,-111.47638 (Page / Glen Canyon switchyard area)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: REFERENCE: 0.88 km - 345 kV line (Glen Canyon corridor)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 138 kV: REFERENCE: 4.59 km - 230 kV line (nearest line in the 100-345 kV band)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: REFERENCE: 2.17 km - pipeline (substance not tagged on the map)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Interconnection status: none - no interconnection, ESA or PPA in place; the developer states grid capacity is unresolved
    “characterized grid capacity as the single most material outstanding contingency in the project”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Grid operator: WECC (no ISO/RTO at announcement). Separately, SPP announced the City of Page among entities joining or expanding participation in the SPP RTO as of Apr 1, 2026 (via WAPA-CRSP) - market context only
    “The groups either joining or expanding their participation in the SPP RTO as of April 1 are: City of Page, Arizona”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • SPP announces the City of Page among the entities joining or expanding participation in the SPP RTO western expansion (WAPA-CRSP is the market participant for the City of Page, DBA Page Utility Enterprises). Portfolio/ma
    “City of Page, Arizona”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • On-site power technology: on-site energy project contemplated in city documents; technology unspecified; no MW, OEM or permit disclosed
    “potentially develop an on-site energy project”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Moran emails Page Utility Enterprises assuming 14 TWh/year at full buildout and asking whether a PPA at approximately 3 cents/kWh might be achievable; the same day he warns the mayor the project is at a critical juncture
    “Moran wrote that the developer assumed 14 TWh/year of electricity usage at full buildout and asked whether a power purchase agreement at approximately three cents per kilowatt-hour might be achievable”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 1,000 MW
    “the buyer intends to seek permits to develop a 1GW data center campus and potentially develop an on-site energy project”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Keith Moran (Huntley/Hollybrook) emails City Manager Darren Coldwell and Economic Development Director Gregg Martinez proposing a 500-acre site, ~15 buildings, ~$2B construction value, a long-term power agreement and ~50
    “Moran described a project involving a preferred 500-acre site, approximately 15 buildings, an estimated $2 billion construction value, and a long-term power agreement”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (39)
  • Conditions of approval: none yet - no site plan or permit approved. If adopted, the proposed DCO standards would require electric-provider capacity certification, a water feasibility study, sound limits of 55 dB(A) day /
    “the applicant shall provide documentation from the applicable electric service provider certifying that the necessary capacity is available and that the electric service provider will serve the data center”
    Local government · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Land owner: City of Page (sale to Huntley LLC approved Oct 22, 2025 under Ordinance 744-25; closing contingent on a feasibility period; not closed as of Oct 2026)
    “authorizes a negotiated land sale agreement and begins a feasibility period for the proposed project”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Land control date: not stated
    “authorizes a negotiated land sale agreement and begins a feasibility period for the proposed project”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • City revenue estimate: 10000000 USD/yr
    “could reasonably result in annual revenues to the City in excess of $10 million once fully operational”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Jurisdiction note: Site is inside City of Page limits, so the City holds land-use authority (rezoning plus DCO designation by ordinance); Coconino County has no zoning role on city land. Page Utility Enterprises is a mun
    “Decisions related to Ordinance 744-25 and the land sale agreement fall under the authority of the City of Page”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • land sale: price: purchase price of $14,000 per acre, based on an independent appraisal attached to Ordinance 744-25 14000 USD/acre
    “The purchase price is based on an independent appraisal that established a per-acre value of $14,000. The appraisal is attached to Ordinance 744-25”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • land sale: repurchase (City's own summary): the agreement allows the City to repurchase the property at the original sale price if specific performance milestones are not met
    “The agreement allows the City to repurchase the property at the original sale price if specific performance milestones are not met”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • land sale: reporting: the purchase agreement requires the developer to provide progress reports every six months during the Permit Approval Period; that period had not yet begun as of the City FAQ
    “The purchase agreement requires the developer to provide progress reports every six months during the Permit Approval Period. Because the Permit Approval Period has not yet begun, specific reporting dates have not been established”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • nda: scope and termination: NDA signed by city staff Jan 30, 2025 to allow review of preliminary technical and proprietary information during early evaluation; the agreement has since been terminated and no longer applie
    “The City previously entered into a non-disclosure agreement to allow for the review of preliminary technical and proprietary information during early project evaluation. The agreement has since been terminated and no longer applies”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: reported - unnamed tenant negotiations only; no LOI, lease or MOU in the record
    “Negotiations with a household name to lease the site were ongoing back in September”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Financing: none - no project financing announced; no lender, equity commitment or bond in the record
    “Developers estimate the build will cost $10 billion”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Cooling: immersion cooling and closed-loop systems claimed by the developer; not contractually required and not verified in any document
    “A search of the city's 291-page October 2025 agenda packet reveals no legal or contractual requirement for these specific, expensive systems; they remain, at this stage, voluntary promises”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: infrastructure: the developer is contractually obligated to pay for infrastructure enabling works; the contract provides no specific protections for Page Utility Enterprises ratepayers against grid-stabilizati
    “While the developer is contractually obligated to pay for infrastructure enabling works, the contract provides no specific protections for PUE ratepayers against the secondary costs of grid stabilization or long-term energy inflation”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: deposits: if the developer's power and water assessments fail, the City retains its land and its non-refundable deposits
    “If the developer's power and water assessments fail, the city will retain its land and its non-refundable deposits”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: FINDING - missing clauses: environmental controls, sound mitigation and the final electric plan are not in writing in the agreement (Councilor Hammond); the developer's immersion/closed-loop cooling claims are
    “A search of the city's 291-page October 2025 agenda packet reveals no legal or contractual requirement for these specific, expensive systems; they remain, at this stage, voluntary promises”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Council unanimously adopts Ordinance 751-26, stripping the city manager of authority to unilaterally approve NDAs or confidentiality agreements for property sales and economic development
    “On April 8, the Page City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 751-26, stripping the city manager of the authority to unilaterally approve non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • The LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation passes a resolution opposing Page's decision to move forward with the land sale agreement, citing water concerns in a severe drought
    “even passed a resolution in February of this year opposing Page's decision to move forward with the data center land sale agreement”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Residents protest outside Page City Hall against the sale of 500 acres of recreational land to Huntley LLC
    “Page residents gathered outside Page City Hall on January 14, 2026, to protest the selling of 500 acres of recreational land to a U.K. company, Huntley LLC, for a $10 billion data center”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: condition: Ordinance 744-25 requires the developer to complete a housing study to evaluate potential workforce housing needs (per the City's statement on the email record)
    “According to the city, Ordinance 744-25 requires the developer to complete a housing study to evaluate potential workforce housing needs”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • nda: exclusivity: the developer sought to finalize an NDA and Exclusivity Agreement before Christmas 2024 (FOIA emails); whether an exclusivity agreement was ever executed is not established in sources checked
    “In Dec. 2024, he wrote that the company was eager to finalize the NDA and Exclusivity Agreement before Christmas”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 10000000000 USD
    “Some $10 billion could reportedly be invested in the project”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: walk-away: the agreement includes provisions that allow the city to step away from the sale, including the right to repurchase the land at the original price if the required conditions are not met (Councilor R
    “The agreement includes provisions that allow the city to step away from the sale, including the right to repurchase the land at the original price if the required conditions are not met”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Land price: 7000000 USD
    “The buying price was $14,000 per acre, for a total of $7 million”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Land price: 14000 USD/acre
    “Sales Price: The purchase price shall be $14,000 an acre”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Incentives: none granted - no abatement, GPLET or fee waiver in the record; the sale contract instead obliges the developer to pay an equivalent Transaction Privilege Tax even on behind-the-meter self-generation
    “explicitly requires the developer to pay an equivalent Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) even if they self-generate power behind the meter”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Land sale: Page City Council voted 5-2 on Oct 22, 2025 (Ordinance 744-25) to sell the ~500 acres to Huntley LLC for $7M ($14,000/acre); buyer to run a feasibility study before closing; a referendum petition was disqualif
    “Page City Council voted 5-2 to sell 500 acres of land to Huntley LLC for a potential data center development.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: scope: negotiated sale of approximately 500 acres (parcels 80216009J, 80218011J, 80219003, 80217002) for a proposed data center campus, authorized by Ordinance 744-25 adopted Oct 22, 2025 7000000 USD
    “The ordinance passed city council in a 5-2 vote on Oct. 22, 2025”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: condition: closing is contingent on a feasibility / Permit Approval period of 18 to 24 months launched by the ordinance 18-24 months
    “The adoption of the ordinance launches an 18-to-24-month feasibility period for the developer. The data center is not yet guaranteed to be built”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: extension: buyer may extend the closing date repeatedly by making escalating extension payments; total contract timeline can run up to 96 months (8 years) before the purchase is finalized 96 months
    “The agreement sets a contract timeline that could last up to 96 months (eight years) before the purchase is finalized, as the buyer has the option to extend the closing date repeatedly by making escalating extension payments to the city”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: termination/repurchase (Section 20 Repurchase Right): the City may buy the land back at the original price if the developer fails to meet two development triggers within two years of closing - commencing gradi
    “a Repurchase Right (Section 20) allowing the City to buy the land back at the original price if the developer fails to meet two core development triggers within two years of closing”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: tax: the contract explicitly requires the developer to pay an equivalent Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) even if it self-generates power behind the meter
    “the contract explicitly requires the developer to pay an equivalent Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) even if they self-generate power behind the meter, ensuring the city receives its projected revenue regardless of the utility source”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: assignment: the buyer may assign the agreement to any affiliated entity without the City's consent
    “the buyer (Huntley, LLC) retains the right to assign the agreement to any affiliated entity without the city's consent”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • land sale: FINDING - missing clause: no decommissioning clause in the agreement should the facility fail (flagged by Councilor Hammond at the Oct 22, 2025 meeting)
    “She also worried aloud about the absence of a decommissioning clause should the facility fail”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Requested power price: 3 cents/kWh
    “asked whether a power purchase agreement at approximately three cents per kilowatt-hour might be achievable”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Tenants: none named - negotiations with an unnamed household-name tenant reported Sep 2025; no tenant identified as of Oct 2026
    “Negotiations with a household name to lease the site were ongoing back in September”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Appraisal: Independent appraisal by the Huck Appraisal Office (April 2025) valued the site at $14,000/acre as bare raw land with a substantial infrastructure deficit; the appraisal is attached to Ordinance 744-25
    “the Huck Appraisal Office evaluated the site as bare raw land with a substantial infrastructure deficit”
    News report · April 2025 · grade C
  • Huck Appraisal Office appraises the site at $14,000/acre as bare raw land with a substantial infrastructure deficit; a separate 20-acre residential sale in the same October 2025 agenda packet was priced at $65,000/acre
    “the Huck Appraisal Office evaluated the site as bare raw land with a substantial infrastructure deficit”
    News report · April 2025 · grade C
  • Buildings: 15 buildings
    “a buildout of roughly 15 buildings, each about 30 acres in size and approximately 30 feet high”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 2000000000 USD
    “an estimated $2 billion construction value”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (22)
  • Rezoning date: not stated
    “amendments to Chapter 152 of the City of Page Zoning Ordinance to establish a Data Center Overlay District (DCO)”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • zoning text amendment: pending - Data Center Overlay District text amendment noticed Sep 9, 2026; P&Z public hearing held Oct 6, 2026; final P&Z vote postponed to Nov 17, 2026; council hearing noticed for Oct 28, 2026
    “proposed amendments to Chapter 152 of the City of Page Zoning Ordinance to establish a Data Center Overlay District (DCO) and regulations and standards applicable to Data Centers”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Page City Council: Public hearing on the Data Center Overlay District text amendment, scheduled per the City's Sep 9, 2026 public notice (status as of Oct 18, 2026: scheduled; the P&Z postponement to Nov 17 may move it)
    “The City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Page Planning & Zoning Commission: Work session / citizen review meeting on the Data Center Overlay District text amendment (TXT Feb. 2026), Chapter 152 amendments
    “The Planning & Zoning Commission Work Session/Citizen Review Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.”
    Local government · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Construction stage: none - no construction; land sale unclosed, zoning not in place, no site plan approved
    “no data center design, site plan, or environmental analysis has been approved”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Time to service (months): 72-96 months from initial feasibility per the City FAQ (implies ~2031-2033); no developer schedule exists
    “From initial feasibility through zoning code updates, rezoning, permitting, and potential construction, a project of this scale could take approximately six to eight years to fully complete”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • building permit: none - no building permit; the City confirms no design, site plan or environmental analysis has been approved
    “no data center design, site plan, or environmental analysis has been approved”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • air permit: none found - no ADEQ air permit application or public notice for Page / Huntley in the record; the contemplated on-site energy project has no permit filing
    “ADEQ public notices cover other Coconino County actions (e.g., NPS North Rim WWTP APP 100749); no Page or Huntley data center notice found”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning: not filed - no rezoning or DCO designation application for the campus parcels is in the record; parcels remain zoned Parks and Open Space
    “since the property is currently zoned for Parks and Open Space (POS), the buyer must still apply for a rezone”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Planning & Zoning public hearing on the Data Center Overlay District text amendment (TXT Feb. 2026) draws heavy opposition; commissioners postpone the final vote to Nov 17, 2026 and direct staff to revise the draft - the p
    “Commissioners agreed to postponing the final vote on the Data Center Overlay text amendment until the November 17th Planning & Zoning meeting”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Page Planning & Zoning Commission: Public hearing on the Data Center Overlay District text amendment (TXT Feb. 2026); commissioners postponed the final vote to the Nov 17, 2026 P&Z meeting and directed staff to revise the
    “Commissioners agreed to postponing the final vote on the Data Center Overlay text amendment until the November 17th Planning & Zoning meeting, and directed city staff to compile all public feedback that was received in order to revise the document”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • July 2026 municipal election votes out Mayor Steve Kidman and Councilor Mike Farrow, both of whom backed the data center deal; Bill Diak, who has voiced opposition to the data center, wins the mayor's race with over 60%
    “voting out incumbent Mayor Steve Kidman and Councilor Mike Farrow, both of whom backed the data center deal. Bill Diak, who has voiced his opposition to the data center, won with over 60% of the vote”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Page City Council: Ordinance 751-26 - city manager may no longer unilaterally approve non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements; NDAs for property sales and economic development require a public council vote
    “On April 8, the Page City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 751-26, stripping the city manager of the authority to unilaterally approve non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • LeChee Chapter, Navajo Nation: Resolution opposing the City of Page decision to move forward with the data center land sale agreement
    “Local tribal leaders from the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, the City of Page's closest neighbors, have also raised their concerns, and even passed a resolution in February of this year opposing Page's decision”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • The PAGE PAC (Protecting America's Greatest Environment) files recall petitions against Mayor Steve Kidman and Councilor Debra Roundtree, the sale's two most visible backers; the other yes-voters were left out because th
    “The two individuals that we have chosen to recall are Steve Kidman and Debbie Roundtree”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Developer: Huntley LLC
    “Page City Council voted 5-2 to sell 500 acres of land to Huntley LLC for a potential data center development”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Site zoning current: Parks and Open Space (POS). A Data Center Overlay District may only overlay Business Park (BP) or Industrial Park (IP) zoning, so rezoning is required before any DCO designation of the parcels
    “since the property is currently zoned for Parks and Open Space (POS), the buyer must still apply for a rezone”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Jobs stated: 50 to 60 permanent high-wage technical jobs (Councilor Hettinger, Oct 22, 2025)
    “arguing it could provide 50 to 60 permanent high-wage technical jobs”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Page City Council: Ordinance 744-25 - negotiated sale of approximately 500 acres of city land to Huntley LLC for a proposed data center
    “The final vote to approve Ordinance 744-25 passed 5-2. Mayor Kidman and Councilors Farrow, Auge, Hettinger and Roundtree voted in favor of the data center. Councilors Hammond and Preller voted against the move”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • City of Page public engagement session: Developer public presentation of the proposed data center
    “The public engagement session took place on Sept. 24, 2025. The council approved the land sale ordinances Oct. 22, 2025”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Page City Council: Ordinance 744-25 / Huntley LLC land sale appears on a public agenda for the first time; discussed in executive session
    “The project and Ordinance 744-25 appeared for the first time on a public agenda at the Aug. 27, 2025, city council meeting but was discussed in executive session”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • City staff sign the NDA with Huntley LLC; the city manager emails the Page Utility Enterprises director the same day asking him to keep the project to himself and not raise it with the PUE board
    “I thought that I would share with you that the city has signed an NDA with the potential data center. I am asking you to please keep it to just yourself for now”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Lawsuits: none found - no litigation over the sale or project in sources checked; opposition proceeded by referendum, recall and election
    “The committee filed both referendum and recall petitions targeting Mayor Kidman and Councilor Roundtree”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (22)
  • Federal hydro allocation: City of Page is an existing WAPA SLCA/IP firm electric service customer in the Northern Division marketing area; the WAPA 2025 Marketing Plan offers no new customer resource pool - no additional
    “Modeling of SLCA/IP resources by the CRSP MC indicates there is no additional marketable capacity and energy available. WAPA will not offer a new customer resource pool under the 2025 Marketing Plan”
    State agency · Nov. 2016 · grade A
  • County: Coconino County, Arizona; site inside City of Page municipal boundaries
    “The potential project area is located entirely within the City of Page's municipal boundaries and jurisdiction”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Operator: none named - the City states operating companies are often not publicly disclosed
    “the specific companies operating within a data center are often not publicly disclosed for security and operational reasons”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Original target date: not stated
    “a project of this scale could take approximately six to eight years to fully complete”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: not stated
    “a project of this scale could take approximately six to eight years to fully complete”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated: none - no water source, quantity or cooling method has been proposed, evaluated or approved
    “No water sources, quantities, or cooling methods have been proposed, evaluated, or approved”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Distance to horseshoe bend: 2 miles
    “Based on the general area described in Ordinance 744-25, the potential site would be approximately two miles from Horseshoe Bend”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 04005
    “FCC census block API: campus anchor -> Coconino County AZ 04005; on-site energy project (if built, same parcel) -> Coconino County”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • The City Clerk rules the referendum petition ineligible under Arizona law: 39 of 41 sheets lacked the correct serial number on the back, 2 had an incorrect number, and no sheet had the ordinance title and text attached;
    “Thirty-nine of the submitted sheets did not bear the correct petition serial number on the back, and the other two sheets listed an incorrect serial number on the back”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Residents file a referendum petition on Ordinance 744-25 to pause the land sale and put it to voters; more than 400 signatures had been gathered against a 303-signature requirement
    “A referendum petition was filed on November 21, 2025, seeking to refer various issues to the voters, including Ordinance 744-25, and pause the proposed land sale related to a potential data center project”
    Local government · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer parent: Hollybrook (UK real estate firm), parent company of Huntley LLC
    “Keith Moran, Group Operations Director for Hollybrook (the parent company of Huntley LLC)”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Sustained resident and tribal opposition: Change.org petition (1,475+ signatures by Nov 2025; 1,800+ by Jan 2026), PAGE PAC referendum and recall petitions, Jan 14, 2026 City Hall protest, LeChee Chapter (Nav
    “Local tribal leaders from the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, the City of Page's closest neighbors, have also raised their concerns, and even passed a resolution in February of this year opposing Page's decision”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Change.org petition against the project passes 1,800 signatures, citing water consumption, pollution and scenic blight near Horseshoe Bend
    “A petition to stop the data center's construction has already netted over 1,800 signatures as of this publication”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Name: Page Data Center
    “Data center proposed for 500-acre site in Page, Arizona”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Owner companies: Huntley LLC (buyer under Ordinance 744-25; sale not yet closed)
    “sell 500 acres of land to Huntley LLC for a potential data center development”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Acres: 500 acres
    “Approximately 500 acres of real property located in the City of Page, Coconino County, Arizona”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Parcel IDs: 80216009J; 80218011J; 80219003; 80217002 (Coconino County Assessor Map Parcels)
    “within Coconino County Assessor's Map Parcels Nos: 80216009J, 80218011J, 80219003, and 80217002”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Site acres: 500 acres
    “Approximately 500 acres of real property located in the City of Page, Coconino County, Arizona, within Coconino County Assessor's Map Parcels Nos: 80216009J, 80218011J, 80219003, and 80217002.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Buyer identity as far as the record allows: the buyer of record is Huntley LLC; names and addresses in city documents link Huntley LLC to Hollybrook, a UK real estate firm (Keith Moran of Hollybrook speaks for the develo
    “Though local reports say a UK-based firm going by Rooskey is involved, names and addresses in city documents link Huntley LLC to Hollybrook, a UK real estate firm.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Energy use assumption: 14 TWh/yr
    “the developer assumed 14 TWh/year of electricity usage at full buildout”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Announced: Sept. 2025
    “News that a large development was being targeted for Page first surfaced in September”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Prior land purchases: Huntley LLC had already purchased more than 80 acres of City of Page land (Potato Hill / Indigo Ridge) and had developed less than 10 acres of it as of Aug 2025
    “the developer, Huntley LLC, has already purchased more than 80 acres of city land and has developed less than 10 acres of that land”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C

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