Data center profile · West of Litchfield Road at Olive Avenue, near Luke Air Force Base, Maricopa County and Glendale, Arizona

Project Eagle (Project Baccara)

160-acre West Phoenix-area campus: a 700 MW on-site gas plant and planned 500 MW data center (developer says); Glendale annexation vote set Oct. 27, 2026.

Entitled, pre-construction. The state approved the gas plant (Feb. 2026) and Maricopa County the land use (May 2026). Still outstanding: the final air permit, the Glendale annexation and rezoning vote (Oct. 27, 2026) and a Plan of Development. No tenant on record.
The site, Aerial photo, Nov. 1, 2024
700 MW
on-site gas generation, nameplate
535 MW expected summer peak; 18 turbines
500 MW
planned data-center load
developer says (press); no filing states IT capacity
160 acres
site, three data-center buildings (~1.1M sq ft)
plus the gas plant
$10.2B
capital investment, applicant study
includes a $1.7B power plant
OperatorTakanock, LLC (power) with Montera Infrastructure (data centers)
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity400 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 0.5 GW campus power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2028 (range 2027 to 2030); company says 2029.
Next deadlineOct. 27, 2026: Glendale City Council votes on annexation and rezoning
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Aerial photo, Nov. 1, 2024. Pin: Project Eagle, Baccara; Maricopa County AZ.
From orbit

Project Eagle

Views of the same ground from above on Nov. 1, 2024 and Oct. 8, 2026. The later view comes from a lower-resolution satellite (10 m pixels), so it is much softer than the first. Drag to compare. What we count on the Oct. 8, 2026 image:

after
before
◀ Aerial photo, Nov. 1, 2024Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 8, 2026 ▶
Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

On-site natural gas plant (18 simple-cycle turbines)Approved by state, air permit pending
700 MW
nameplate; expected summer peak 535 MW Local government · April 2026
Approved
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)
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. 30, 2025
    State plant application filed
    Baccara Power applies to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a certificate for a 700 MW gas plant. Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  2. Feb. 4, 2026
    State approves the gas plant
    The commission votes 5-0 after a siting committee vote of 8-1 in Dec. 2025. see Permits
  3. March 4, 2026
    Draft air permit published
    The county proposes a permit capping nitrogen oxides at 89.9 tons a year, just under the 100-ton major-source line. Local government · April 2026
  4. As of Oct. 2026
    No final air permit
    The draft is under federal EPA review, and no final decision is on record. News report · Oct. 2026
  5. Not set
    Grid connection: not contracted
    An on-site APS substation is planned, but no interconnection or power sales agreement is on record. Local government · March 2026

What is next door

campus8.01 km · 345 kV+ line11.76 km · gas pipeline15.87 km · 345 kV+ substationcampus8.01 km · 345 kV+ line11.76 km · gas pipeline15.87 km · 345 kV+ substation

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

Permits

Permits checklist

2 pending · 3 granted · 2 checked, nothing on file

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

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$10.2B
total capital investment, applicant study
buildings and equipment Local government · March 2026
$1.7B
on-site power plant, applicant study
Local government · March 2026
$500M
capital commitments to Takanock, June 2025
from ArcLight and DigitalBridge; platform-level, not project financing Company · June 2025
$435M
sold by Takanock in a Form D filing, May 2025
entity-level, not tied to this campus SEC filing · May 2025
3-year pause
state data-center sales-tax exemption, July 2026 to June 2029
the city's fiscal summary treats equipment as taxable in that window Local government · July 2026
$118.1M
Land purchase, recorded Oct. 2025
Woolf Family Enterprises LP to Baccara Eagle Land LLC (county deed records) County deed records · Oct. 2025
Land assembly

1 recorded land document for the campus company in county records (Oct. 2025); 1 lists a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 30, 2024
    Site Developer mails first notices to neighbors within a mile Local government · July 2024
  2. Oct. 25, 2024
    Paper trail Takanock Baccara LLC registered in Delaware
  3. June 25, 2025
    Money Takanock announces $500M in commitments from ArcLight and DigitalBridge Company · June 2025
  4. Oct. 23, 2025
    Site Baccara Eagle Land LLC buys the site from Woolf Family Enterprises for $118.1M (county deed records) County deed records · Oct. 2025
  5. Oct. 30, 2025
    Permits State plant application filed for a 700 MW gas plant Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  6. Feb. 4, 2026
    Permits Arizona Corporation Commission approves the gas plant 5-0 News report · Feb. 2026
  7. March 4, 2026
    Permits Draft county air permit published State agency · March 2026
  8. March 13, 2026
    Site Luke Air Force Base says the project is not compatible unless nine sets of conditions are met Local government · March 2026
  9. April 28, 2026
    Legal Glendale council approves a pre-annexation agreement Local government · April 2026
  10. May 6, 2026
    Permits County supervisors approve the military compatibility permit 4-1 News report · May 2026
  11. Sept. 24, 2026
    Permits Glendale planning commission recommends rezoning 4-2 (a recommendation only) News report · Sept. 2026
  12. Sept. 2026
    Money SoftBank closes its purchase of DigitalBridge, one of the developer's two backers News report · Oct. 2026
  13. Oct. 27, 2026
    Permits Glendale City Council votes on annexation and rezoning News report · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Nov. 2024: 2 satellite captures.

Satellite
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

~1.1M sq ft
three data-center buildings (moderate scenario 1,077,000)
Local government · July 2026
18 turbines
gas-fired, with 72-ft exhaust stacks
News report · Oct. 2026
Up to 116 acre-feet a year
water demand, applicant statement; EPCOR to serve after annexation
Local government · April 2026
330 jobs
permanent at full operation, plus about 3,000 construction jobs (applicant study)
Local government · March 2026
2029 / 2030
first building and full build-out, per the applicant's March 2026 study
Local government · March 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developers and owners
  • Takanock, LLC (Traverse City, Mich.): power developer, led by Kenneth Davies
  • Montera Infrastructure: data-center partner, backed by Stonepeak
  • Baccara Power, LLC: gas plant owner
  • Baccara Eagle Land, LLC: site owner
Investors
  • ArcLight Capital Partners and DigitalBridge: $500M of commitments to Takanock
  • SoftBank: closed its acquisition of DigitalBridge on Sept. 30, 2026
Decision-makers
  • Arizona Corporation Commission: approved the plant
  • Maricopa County Board of Supervisors: approved the land use
  • Glendale City Council: votes Oct. 27, 2026
  • Maricopa County Air Quality Department and EPA: air permit
Utilities and neighbors
  • Electric District No. 7: planned power buyer and retail provider
  • APS: planned substation
  • EPCOR: water and sewer
  • Luke Air Force Base: compatibility review
  • Project Baccara Opposition Coalition
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

219 records from 35 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, state agency records, business registries, public and commercial datasets, satellite captures, securities filings, company statements, utility regulator dockets and court filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 14Local government 5State agency 4Dataset 4Satellite 3SEC filing 3Company 2Utility regulator 1Court filing 1
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 (36)
  • Stage: entitled but pre-construction: county MCP and state CEC granted; gated on the MCAQD air permit (draft), the Glendale annexation/rezoning vote scheduled Oct 27, 2026, and an approved Plan of Development
    “This application is only to establish entitlement for the utility land uses with amended development standards”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility: Electric District No. 7 (ED7), plant sells wholesale to ED7 and ED7 sells power back to the data center
    “Electrical provided by Electric District 7”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Buildings: 3
    “Plans for the site include three data center buildings totaling approximately 1.1 million square feet and a natural gas generation facility”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Square feet: 1077000 sq ft
    “Data Center & Power Plant Moderate Scenario 1,077,000”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Aliases: Project Baccara; Baccara Power
    “Case: MCP250007 – Project Baccara”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Owner companies: Baccara Eagle Land, LLC (site owner); Baccara Power, LLC (power plant); Takanock Baccara, LLC (air permit applicant)
    “Owner: Baccara Eagle Land, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 700 MW
    “gas power generation facility (with nameplate capacity of 700 MW, and an expected summer peak output of 535 MW) and data center on a 160 acre site”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • On-site power technology: simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbines with 72-ft exhaust stacks; propane and diesel backup power
    “Natural gas power generating facility with turbines; Backup power with propane and diesel; Field electrical substation”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Gas supplier: natural gas delivered by direct underground pipeline; no natural gas stored on site
    “natural gas is supplied via direct underground pipeline from an external source and is used exclusively for on-demand electrical power generation. No natural gas will be stored on the Project Baccara site”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Gas lateral: Plains Terminal LPG lateral under coordination for backup propane supply
    “There is ongoing coordination with the adjacent Plains Terminal to establish a lateral line for liquid propane gas (LPG)”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: on-site APS substation planned (field electrical substation is an MCP-approved use); grid connection not yet secured; no executed interconnection agreement found
    “The plan includes an on-site APS substation with interconnected transmission and distribution equipment on the site”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Workforce estimate: 330 permanent jobs at full operation (300 data center + 30 power plant); 3,043 direct construction jobs over six years (applicant study)
    “The facility could directly employ 300 people at the data center and 30 people at the power plant at full operating levels”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • generator interconnection request: Application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility - Notice of Hearing (hearing from Dec 1, 2025)
    “construction of a 700 megawatt natural gasfired power generating facility (“Project Baccara” or “Project”) located in unincorporated Maricopa County”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 8.01 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 15.87 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 11.76 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Utility service: not stated
    “Electrical provided by Electric District 7”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: none - self-supply / bring-your-own-power: on-site gas plant sells wholesale power to Electric District #7 (ED7), which sells power back to the data center (per City of Glendale fiscal analysis); an APS substati
    “It includes an on-site natural gas generation facility that would sell wholesale power to Electric District #7 (ED7), and then ED7 would sell power back to the data center”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 700 MW
    “construction of a 700 megawatt natural gasfired power generating facility (“Project Baccara” or “Project”) located in unincorporated Maricopa County”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Generating units on the permit: 18 units
    “Takanock Baccara, LLC has applied to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) for permission to build and operate 18 natural gas-fired combustion turbines, with propane as a backup fuel”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Backup generators: 4 units
    “Emergency diesel engines (4 units, 50 hrs/yr each)”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “generate power for an up-to 500 MW data center campus”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition tracker reports a Jan 2026 industry database entry showing Takanock submitted Project Baccara to the APS interconnection queue, consistent with the phased BYOP model (prime on-site power, grid connection late
    “A January 2026 industry database entry confirms Takanock submitted Project Baccara to the APS interconnection queue”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 500 MW
    “Developer Takanock currently describes its Baccara project in the West Phoenix metro as carrying a planned 500-megawatt data-center load supported by 700 megawatts of grid-supporting generation.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 500 MW
    “Developer Takanock currently describes its Baccara project in the West Phoenix metro as carrying a planned 500-megawatt data-center load supported by 700 megawatts of grid-supporting generation”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Takanock marketing (as reported Sep 2026) describes Baccara as under construction with delivery targeted for 2028, contradicted by the public record: no Plan of Development, no final air permit, annexation vote still pe
    “The company says the project is under construction with delivery targeted for 2028”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: pre-construction / permitting - ACC approved the CEC for the 700 MW plant 5-0 in February 2026 and Maricopa County approved the Military Compatibility Permit 4-1 on May 6, 2026; Glendale Planning Comm
    “The Glendale Planning Commission on Sept. 24 voted to recommend approval of Z26-05, a request to rezone about 160 acres for Project Eagle (data center campus)”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer: Takanock LLC (power infrastructure) in partnership with Montera Infrastructure (data centers)
    “Michigan-based developer Takanock and Montera, a hyperscale data center developer, have partnered on the development”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Generating units on the permit: 18
    “The project would build 18 new gas-fired turbines–essentially large jet engines–and eighteen 72-foot high exhaust stacks”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • generator interconnection request: Certificate of Environmental Compatibility approved (5-0)
    “Today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) approved a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) for the gas-fired Baccara power plant, which would supply power to a new data center.”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer's stated model (its own press release, as reported): the 18 turbines serve as prime power until a substation is completed, after which the plant becomes a wholesale grid resource and the campus buys grid power.
    “Takanock's own press release describes the turbines as "prime power until" substation completion, becoming a "wholesale grid resource thereafter."”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Announced: Jan. 19, 2026
    “Dubbed Project Baccara, the development is for 160 acres of land, with the power plant set to occupy 23.7 acres of the site”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: docket approved - self-supply / bring-your-own-power: the ACC approved the CEC for the 700 MW on-site gas plant on Feb 4, 2026 (Case No. 253, Docket L-21369A-25-0222-00253); the plant is prime pow
    “With a substation and 18 gas-fired turbines connected to a pipeline nearby, the plant will generate power for an up-to 500 MW data center campus. For the first two years, it will exclusively use power from the plant.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Power plan: onsite (bring-your-own-power), transitioning to hybrid: plant is prime power until the grid substation is completed, then becomes a wholesale grid resource
    “Once secured, it will buy power from the utility instead and offer the plant as a peaker power source”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Backup fuel: propane (2.5 million gallons on-site storage reported) plus diesel; four backup diesel generators reported
    “On site, it will have four back-up diesel generators and two and half million gallons of propane to use if the gas goes down”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Takanock (formed 2023) lists no operating data centers; company claims four active sites in three states with 2.8 GW IT and 5.3 GW generation capacity (portfolio claims, kept out of campus MW fields); Baccara is its mos
    “According to Takanock, the company currently has four active sites in three states in the US, with 2.8GW of IT capacity and 5.3GW of generation capacity”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (25)
  • Grid interconnection: condition
    “The plan includes an on-site APS substation with interconnected transmission and distribution equipment on the site”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Pre-Annexation Development Agreement (PADA): condition
    “Project Eagle agreed to develop the Site within City jurisdiction, subject to Annexation approval by the City”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Pre-Annexation Development Agreement (PADA): scope
    “Section 2 of the PADA provides that the City shall recognize Maricopa County zoning, Military Compatibility Permit (MCP250007), and all other Maricopa County entitlements on the Site”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • FY27 Arizona budget (adopted Jun 2026) pauses data center sales tax exemptions for three years (Jul 2026 – Jun 2029); the City fiscal summary models Project Eagle equipment as taxable only during that pause window
    “data center equipment purchases would only be taxable during the three-year pause on data center sales tax exemptions from July 2026 to June 2029, per the FY27 state budget”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Pre-Annexation Development Agreement (PADA): scope
    “Pre-Annexation Development Agreement between the City of Glendale and BACCARA EAGLE LAND, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Water use stated: 116 acre-feet/yr
    “The projected water demand for the development is a maximum of 116 acre-feet annually”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: MCP250007 conditions a–p, incl. POD gate (f), service-agreement/will-serve requirement (e), Luke AFB compliance and compliance report at POD (g, h), revocation for non-compliance (d, n, o)
    “Unless effective annexation into the City of Glendale, approval by the Board of Supervisors of a Plan of Development will be required prior to approval and issuance of construction permits”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Military Compatibility Permit MCP250007 (conditions of approval): condition
    “Unless effective annexation into the City of Glendale, approval by the Board of Supervisors of a Plan of Development will be required prior to approval and issuance of construction permits to develop and establish use of the site”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Military Compatibility Permit MCP250007 (conditions of approval): condition
    “the developer must provide a will serve letter from the certificated water and sewer provider(s)”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Military Compatibility Permit MCP250007 (conditions of approval): condition
    “The development and operation of the site shall comply with all Conditions for Compatibility and Additional Requirements identified in the Luke Air Force Base letter dated March 13, 2026”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Military Compatibility Permit MCP250007 (conditions of approval): cancellation
    “In the event of the failure to comply with any condition, the property may be considered for revocation to the zoning that existed on the date of application”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Wastewater agreement: scope
    “The property is also subject to a wastewater agreement with the City of Glendale”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Water / wastewater service (EPCOR): condition
    “According to the narrative, EPCOR will provide water and wastewater service to the development”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Stated capital cost: 10200 $M
    “Capital Investment (buildings and equipment) $10.2 B”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Capital cost plant: 1700 $M
    “The project will include an on-site power plant with a total capital investment of $1.7 billion in buildings and equipment”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Incentives: no incentive agreement found; applicant fiscal studies assume the Arizona data center equipment sales-tax exemption (up to 20 years)
    “Data center equipment purchases are exempt from state and local sales tax for up to 20 years for sustainable redevelopment projects with a capital investment of more than $200 million”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Power wholesale / retail arrangement (stated, not executed in public record): scope
    “Baccara Power will sell power wholesale to Electric District #7, that will then sell power to the data center”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Takanock form d: $435,000,000 sold (entity-level)
    “Issuer: Takanock, LLC, 121 RIVERS EDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3100, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49684; jurisdiction of organization DELAWARE; totalAmountSold 435000000”
    SEC filing · May 2025 · grade A
  • Pre-Annexation Development Agreement (PADA): termination
    “A Pre-Annexation Development Agreement was approved at the April 28, 2026 Council Meeting”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 118115902 USD
    “Recorded: Oct. 23, 2025 · Price: $118,115,902 · Grantor: WOOLF FAMILY ENTERPRISES LP · Grantee: BACCARA EAGLE LAND LLC · Parcel number: 501-43-016A · City: WADDELL”
    County deed records · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Financing: $500M sponsor-level capital commitments to Takanock, LLC from ArcLight and DigitalBridge (Jun 25, 2025); no project-level financing, debt, or turbine order evidenced
    “announced today new capital commitments totaling $500 million from ArcLight and DigitalBridge”
    Company · June 2025 · grade B
  • Capital commitments (sponsor level): scope 500 $M
    “announced today new capital commitments totaling $500 million from ArcLight and DigitalBridge”
    Company · June 2025 · grade B
  • Tenants: not stated
    “No data center tenant has been named. No data center emissions have been calculated”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: none signed; no tenant announced
    “No data center tenant has been named”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • SoftBank Group closed its acquisition of DigitalBridge (announced Dec 2025, approved by stockholders Apr 2026, CFIUS cleared Sep 2026); DigitalBridge separately agreed in May 2026 to acquire ArcLight (pending), both of
    “DigitalBridge stockholders approved that acquisition in April 2026, CFIUS cleared it in September, and it closed on September 30, 2026”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (40)
  • City of Glendale City Council (workshop): Project Eagle AN-273 annexation, direction to proceed
    “This is a request for City Council to discuss, provide input, and give direction to proceed with a proposed annexation Project Eagle application AN-273”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Construction stage: none, no Plan of Development approved and no building permits can issue; site is intermittently farmed
    “The Site is currently intermittently farmed”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Annexation (application): application filed (first submittal May 7, 2026; second submittal Jul 24, 2026)
    “Case No. AN-273 First submittal: May 7, 2026 Second submittal: July 24, 2026”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Pre-Annexation Development Agreement: APPROVED (unanimous)
    “PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 28th day of April, 2026”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • City of Glendale City Council: Resolution R26-42, Pre-Annexation Development Agreement with Baccara Eagle Land, LLC
    “AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF A PREANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH BACCARA EAGLE LAND, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 04013
    “Prepared by the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Air permit status: MCAQD draft permit P0013417 (synthetic minor, NOx cap 89.9 tpy) published Mar 4, 2026; under EPA review; no final determination as of Oct 18, 2026
    “Project Baccara has received a draft air permit from MCAQD which is currently under review by EPA”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Current zoning: IND-3 IUPD MAAMF & Rural-43 MAAMF (Maricopa County); Glendale would apply M-2 on annexation, then PAD via Z26-05
    “Request: Military Compatibility Permit (MCP) for utility land uses to include gas power generation facility and data center in the IND-3 MAAMF & Rural-43 MAAMF zoning districts”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Permitting jurisdiction: Split jurisdiction: ACC (state) siting for the power plant under ARS 40-360; Maricopa County for land use (MCP/POD) while unincorporated; City of Glendale after annexation
    “Site design and construction permitting are anticipated to occur through the City of Glendale upon annexation”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Opposition: Project Baccara Opposition Coalition; 84 memos of opposition and petitions with 141 + 4,171 signatures at the county P&Z stage; 553 comments against at the Board of Supervisors
    “Staff received 2 memos of support, 84 memos of opposition, and a petition in opposition with 141 signatures, and a change.org petition in opposition with 4,171 signatures”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Plan of Development: NOT FILED / NOT APPROVED, gating item
    “approval by the Board of Supervisors of a Plan of Development will be required prior to approval and issuance of construction permits to develop and establish use of the site”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Building permits: NONE, cannot issue before Plan of Development approval
    “Unless effective annexation into the City of Glendale, approval by the Board of Supervisors of a Plan of Development will be required prior to approval and issuance of construction permits”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Luke AFB (56th Fighter Wing) compatibility letter: project NOT compatible unless nine sets of conditions are met (EMF/RFI shielding, plume/visibility, air quality, fuel safety, FAA/FCC authorizations, DoD Siting Clearing
    “LAFB determined that the proposed development is not compatible and consistent unless specified conditions are satisfied”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Site location: NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave, Waddell, AZ 85355 (unincorporated Maricopa County, north of Luke AFB) - per the MCAQD permit notice for Facility F053690
    “Proposed Permit No. P0013417 Facility Information: F053690 Takanock Baccara LLC NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave Waddell, AZ 85355”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Air quality permit: proposed (draft) - 30-day public comment March 4, 2026 to April 8, 2026, hearing April 6, 2026; final issuance not found as of Oct. 18, 2026
    “Maricopa County Air Quality Department, 301 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 410, Phoenix, AZ 85003, has processed an application for the following facility and is proposing to issue an air quality permit.”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Air quality permit (draft): draft published; public comment Mar 4 – Apr 8, 2026; hearing Apr 6, 2026
    “Proposed Permit No. P0013417 Facility Information: F053690 Takanock Baccara LLC NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave Waddell, AZ 85355”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (hearing): evidentiary hearing held
    “the Committee will hold a public meeting/hearing on the above application that is open to the public at the Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak”
    State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee: CEC-253 evidentiary hearing for Baccara Power, LLC (Dec 1–5, 2025)
    “commencing on December 1, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., and will continue each weekday on December 2, 2025, through December 5, 2025, as necessary”
    State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (application): application filed; hearing noticed
    “IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BACCARA POWER, LLC, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES 40-360 ET. SEQ., FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY”
    State agency · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Certificate of Environmental Compatibility: APPROVED 5–0
    “Obtained Certificate of Environmental Compatibility from ACC on 2/4/26 for power plant”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • Military Compatibility Permit: recommend approval with conditions a–p (8–0)
    “P&Z Commission Approved project application 4/9/26, BOS scheduled for early May”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission: MCP250007, Military Compatibility Permit for Project Baccara
    “Hearing Date: April 9, 2026”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Permitted operating hours: 50 hr/yr
    “Emergency diesel engines (4 units, 50 hrs/yr each)”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Certificate of Environmental Compatibility: committee vote to grant, 8–1
    “Line Siting Committee approved 8-1 in December 2025”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Air quality permit (status): pending, draft under EPA review; no final determination
    “The MCAQD air quality permit, Plan of Development, and Glendale annexation remain pending”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Annexation + rezoning (decision): SCHEDULED, council vote Oct 27, 2026
    “The Glendale City Council is scheduled to vote on the signed annexation petition and rezoning on October 27”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • MCAQD treats the power plant and the planned data center as a single regulated source in draft permit P0013417, the data center's diesel generator emissions count against the same 89.9 tpy NOx cap, and the 11.6-ton marg
    “MCAQD treats the power plant and future data center as a single regulated source. The data center's diesel generator emissions count against the same cap”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • City of Glendale City Council: AN-273 annexation petition and Z26-05 rezoning, SCHEDULED vote
    “The Glendale City Council is scheduled to vote on the signed annexation petition and rezoning on October 27”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called for a statewide pause on new data center development in Sep 2026; Gov. Katie Hobbs stated opposition to a moratorium, state-level policy overhang on the Oct 27 Glendale vote an
    “Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called for a pause on all new development until regulations and policies around their build-out are put in place”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Project name current: Project Eagle is the current name in the Glendale annexation/rezoning cases (AN-273, ZON26-05); the same project was Project Baccara in the Maricopa County and MCAQD proceedings
    “The commission voted 4-2 on Sept. 24 to recommend rezoning the planned site for Project Eagle, formerly called Project Baccara”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Annexation and rezoning (to Planned Area Development): pending - Planning Commission recommended approval 4-2 on Sept. 24, 2026; City Council vote expected late October 2026
    “A 160-acre planned data center campus in the West Valley is inching closer to approval after the Glendale Planning Commission recommended moving the project forward to the city council.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Rezoning (recommendation): recommend approval 4–2, with 11 staff stipulations
    “The commission voted 4-2 to recommend approval of Z26-05, a rezoning to allow a 160-acre data center campus with an on-site natural-gas power generation facility (18 turbines)”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • City of Glendale Planning Commission: Z26-05 rezoning (M-2 to PAD) for Project Eagle
    “The Glendale Planning Commission on Sept. 24 voted to recommend approval of Z26-05, a request to rezone about 160 acres for Project Eagle”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Takanock / Montera (neighborhood meeting): Project Eagle neighborhood meeting for residents to question the developers
    “Residents who want to learn more about a controversial data center and natural gas power plant near Glendale will have the opportunity to do so on Aug. 12”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Military compatibility permit: approved with conditions
    “The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 on May 6, 2026 to approve the Military Compatibility Permit for Project Baccara, subject to conditions a through p.”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Military Compatibility Permit: APPROVED 4–1 with conditions a–p
    “The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a military compatibility permit on May 6 for MCP250007, known in county materials as Project Bacara”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Maricopa County Board of Supervisors: MCP250007, Military Compatibility Permit
    “a proposed industrial development on about 160 acres north of Olive Avenue intended to include data center buildings, a substation and a natural-gas power generation facility”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Draft permit NOx cap: Draft MCAQD permit caps facility NOx at 89.9 tons per year (synthetic minor, just under the 100 TPY major-source threshold); the plant and the future data center are treated as a single regulated so
    “The draft permit caps NOx at 89.9 tons per year, leaving 11.6 tons of margin before the 100 TPY major source threshold.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Arizona Corporation Commission: Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for the Baccara gas plant
    “Today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) approved a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) for the gas-fired Baccara power plant, which would supply power to a new data center”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (power plant line siting): approved
    “The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the project's environmental certificate 5-0 in February 2026.”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • No lawsuit or administrative appeal involving the campus was located as of Oct 18, 2026; the Luke AFB process flags CFIUS review as potentially applicable to real estate transactions in the base footprint, applicant res
    “Applicant's response - Project Baccara is privately developed and financed by US based entities”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
Site and other (14)
  • Name: Project Eagle
    “PROJECT EAGLE AN-273 ANNEXATION LOCATED WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LITCHFIELD ROAD AND OLIVE AVENUE”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Code names: Project Eagle; Project Baccara
    “PROJECT EAGLE AN-273 ANNEXATION LOCATED WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LITCHFIELD ROAD AND OLIVE AVENUE”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Acres: 160 acres
    “Site Size: Approx. 160 acres”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Water utility: EPCOR (water and wastewater, upon annexation into Glendale)
    “Water: EPCOR to provide services upon annexation into Glendale”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Land control date: not stated
    “Owner: Baccara Eagle Land, LLC”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Organized opposition at scale: Project Baccara Opposition Coalition (approx. 1,400-member Facebook group); 84 memos of opposition, petitions of 141 and 4,171 signatures at the P&Z stage; 553 comments against at the BOS;
    “Staff received 2 memos of support, 84 memos of opposition”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Address: NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave, Waddell, AZ 85355 (MCAQD facility address); site north of Olive Ave, approx. 0.5 mile west of Litchfield Rd
    “Takanock Baccara LLC NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave Waddell, AZ 85355”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Current target date: first building 2029; full build-out 2030
    “The first building could open in 2029, and build out is expected by 2030”
    Local government · March 2026 · grade A
  • Announced: July 30, 2024 (first public outreach mailers); CEC application and public project launch followed in 2025
    “The applicant sent informational mailers to property owners within one mile of the project site on July 30, 2024”
    Local government · July 2024 · grade A
  • Operator: not stated
    “This application is only to establish entitlement for the utility land uses with amended development standards”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Parcel IDs: not stated
    “Case: MCP250007 – Project Baccara”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Site acres: 160 acres
    “Project Eagle, which includes approximately 160 gross acres north of Olive Avenue between Reems Road and Litchfield Road”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Developer headquarters: Traverse City, Michigan (Takanock LLC; land entity address of record is also Traverse City, MI)
    “TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. and BOSTON and BOCA RATON, Fla., June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Takanock, LLC”
    Company · June 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: first data center Q1 2028; second building Q1 2030
    “Construction is currently slated to begin in Q3 2026, with the first data center aimed to be online in Q1 2028 and the second in Q1 2030”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite and aerial imagery: local aerial photography via Esri World Imagery Wayback; Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus). County deeds: ATTOM.