The site
The site from above
Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
Grid power from Arizona Public Service (APS)Proposed, utility planning under way
Tract's ceiling; no executed agreement, study or queue position located; the mayor said in 2024 power could take about seven years Dataset · Oct. 2026
Proposed
Not used, not on record, or dropped
- On-site generation none proposed; no air permit located Dataset · Oct. 2026
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- Aug. 28, 2024Tract announces the 1.8 GW planTract says it is working with the local utility on new power infrastructure that could support up to 1.8 GW. Company · Aug. 2024
- Aug. 30, 2024Mayor's warningThe mayor estimates the developer will likely need about seven years just to secure the power. News report · Aug. 2024
- June 13, 2025APS files a rate caseAPS proposes new rate structures so large, steady users such as data centers bear the cost of concentrated load growth. Utility regulator · June 2025
- July 7, 2026Rate case hearing endsAfter 31 hearing days, a judge's recommendation is due in late Nov. 2026 and the Commission's decision by Dec. 31, 2026. Utility regulator · July 2026
- Not setPower agreement: none foundNo service agreement, direct pricing contract or queue position naming Tract is public; a 2026 tracker says only that APS substation planning is under way. Dataset · Oct. 2026
- Any Tract load would be priced under APS's extra high load factor rate or a direct pricing contract, and the first is being re-argued in the rate case. Utility regulator · July 2026
What is next door
Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
Permits
Permits checklist
3 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.
- ✓Tech corridor master plan and general plan amendment (2,807 acres) GrantedBuckeye City Council · Aug. 6, 2024: unanimous; replaced the unbuilt 9,706-home Cipriani plan News report · Aug. 2024
- ✓Development agreement with the city GrantedBuckeye City Council · Aug. 6, 2024: ended the 2008 Cipriani agreement; executed text not located News report · Aug. 2024
- ✓Data center zoning GrantedCity of Buckeye · Aug. 28, 2024: by-right use in place at purchase; no county rezoning was needed News report · Aug. 2024
- –Checked, nothing on file: Power service agreement, Site plan, grading and building permits, Air permit, Tax abatement lease
Risks
What could slow it down
- HighPower is unsecuredNo executed APS agreement, study or queue position is public, and the mayor's 2024 estimate was about seven years to secure power. Dataset · Oct. 2026
- HighNo tenant or buyerNo end-user tenant, operator or parcel buyer has been disclosed, and no phase plan exists. Company · Oct. 2026
- MediumLarge-load pricing and politics in fluxThe APS rate case and the Attorney General's cost-shift complaint both target data center pricing, and the Attorney General has called for a pause on new data center development (the Governor opposes a moratorium). State agency · Oct. 2026
- MediumLand-sale business modelTract earns by selling entitled land to builders, and no project-level financing is disclosed. News report · Aug. 2024
- WatchEarlier local oppositionTract's first Arizona site drew petitions and opposition from two cities before it was withdrawn; no organized opposition to this in-city site was found. News report · May 2024
Money
Money on record
$136.1M
land purchase, recorded Aug. 2024
Cipriani Holdings LLC to AZLCO Buckeye LLC (county deed records); Arizona Land Consulting bought its position for $40M in 2022 (press) County deed records · Aug. 2024
20%, up to $50M
city reimbursement of the data centers' tax revenue over 20 years
from the council agenda as reported; another account ties it to $60M of city revenue News report · Aug. 2024
$18.5M
Tract's pledged contribution to an I-10 interchange and public safety site
up to $15M for the interchange plus $3.5M for a temporary facility News report · Aug. 2024
$100M to $150M
Tract's typical site preparation spend per park (executive, press)
no project financing disclosed for Buckeye News report · Aug. 2024
~$20B
data center development the site could support (press)
excludes servers; an earlier agenda described $14B on 1,700 acres News report · Aug. 2024
Land assembly
2 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (Feb. 2022 to Aug. 2024); 2 list a price. 1 sale or conveyance by the campus company or to public bodies is not listed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.
- Feb. 2022 Cipriani Land Holdings LLC to Arizona Land Consulting LLC · $34M · 53 parcels County deed records · Feb. 2022
- Aug. 2024 Cipriani Holdings LLC to Azlco Buckeye LLC · $136.1M · 54 parcels County deed records · Aug. 2024
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- Feb. 2022Site Arizona Land Consulting acquires the land position for $40M (press) Company · Aug. 2024
- April 18, 2024Site Tract withdraws its first Arizona proposal, Project Range, after opposition from Buckeye and Goodyear News report · April 2024
- Aug. 6, 2024Permits Buckeye council unanimously approves the tech corridor plan and a development agreement with Tract News report · Aug. 2024
- Aug. 26, 2024Site A $136.1M land deed to AZLCO Buckeye LLC is recorded (county deed records) County deed records · Aug. 2024
- Aug. 28, 2024Site Tract announces it closed on 2,069 acres and plans up to 1.8 GW Company · Aug. 2024
- Aug. 30, 2024Power The mayor says power could take the developer about seven years to secure News report · Aug. 2024
- June 13, 2025Power APS files a rate case that would make large data center customers bear more of the cost of their load Utility regulator · June 2025
- May 28, 2026Site A local roundup still reports no construction, tenant or power milestone, 21 months after the announcement (press) News report · May 2026
- July 7, 2026Power The APS rate case hearing ends after 31 hearing days Utility regulator · July 2026
- Oct. 9, 2026Power Arizona's Attorney General urges regulators to probe about $587M of large-user costs shifted onto other APS customers State agency · Oct. 2026
- End of 2026Power Commission deadline to decide the APS rate case that sets large data center power pricing Utility regulator · July 2026
Construction activity
Satellite captures by quarter
Since March 2022: 70 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 6 earlier records are not drawn.
Satellite
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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 6. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings
Specs
1,727 acres
planning unit designated for a regional data center in the city plan
360+ jobs
permanent at full build, per the city; about 2,000 construction jobs (press)
- Powered-land model: Tract entitles and builds roads, water, sewer, power and fiber, then sells land to builders News report · Aug. 2024
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owners and developers
- Tract: Denver-based developer and landowner
- Tract Capital: parent; its separate developer Fleet DC is not a party to this campus in any source checked
- Cipriani Holdings: seller, holder of the former 9,706-home master plan
- Arizona Land Consulting: land bank firm that represented the seller
Power
- Arizona Public Service (Pinnacle West): serving utility
- Arizona Corporation Commission: sets rates and decides the APS rate case
Decision-makers
- Buckeye City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission
- Maricopa County Air Quality Department
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs: positions on data center growth
Still unknown
Open questions
- Any tenant or parcel buyer.
- An executed APS power agreement and its first tranche of megawatts.
- Physical site work, since only one trade site claims any.
- A phase plan and project financing.
- 6 unconfirmed county land records near the site: the buyer or location could not be tied to this campus.
Where this comes from
282 records from 32 documents
Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, securities filings, company statements, utility regulator dockets, state agency records and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 14Dataset 9SEC filing 5Company 4Utility regulator 1State agency 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 (26)
- Sponsor hiring: Tract's Greenhouse board is live with 9 open roles (Assistant Corporate Counsel, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Director Regulatory Affairs, Director Utility Development x2, Environmental Mana“Director, Utility Development; Senior Manager, Projects Development - Energy; Development Manager”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Load contract: none found - no APS load contract, ESA or Direct Pricing Contract naming Tract or the Buckeye park is public“Direct Pricing Contracts with extra-large energy users like data centers include protections such as deposits, minimum billing commitments and termination provisions”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- On-site generation status: none proposed - no on-site generation in the company release, the council record or any press checked; no MCAQD or ADEQ air permit located“No on-site generation proposed”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- AZ Attorney General Mayes urges the ACC to investigate whether APS's Power Supply Adjuster shifted ~$587M of large-user costs (2023-2025) onto other customers; separately, the AG has called for a pause on new data-center“Attorney General Kris Mayes today urged the Arizona Corporation Commission to swiftly and publicly investigate whether Arizona Public Service Company's (APS) Power Supply Adjuster (PSA) has facilitated a nearly $600 million cost shift”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Grid operator: none - APS balancing area (WECC); Arizona has no ISO/RTO market“changes to APS's Extra High Load Factor (which applies to large load users, such as manufacturing companies and data centers)”Utility regulator · July 2026 · grade B
- Tariff context: Any Tract load would price under APS's Extra High Load Factor schedule or a Direct Pricing Contract. The XHLF structure is being re-litigated in APS rate case E-01345A-25-0105 (filed Jun 13, 2025; hearing“The Hearing in the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) rate case began on May 18, 2026 and concluded on July 7, 2026”Utility regulator · July 2026 · grade B
- Stated campus size: 1,800 MW“Tract is currently working with the local utility on plans for long term growth with new power infrastructure which could support up to 1.8GW”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Nearest substation: unnamed (69 kV) - 4.77 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: Palo Verde - Rudd 500KV (500 kV, Arizona Public Service) - 3.55 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest power line of 138 kV: unnamed (115 kV) - 16.25 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest gas pipeline: unnamed (gas, Arizona Public Service) - 5.11 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Interconnection status: No executed APS agreement, ESA, facility design agreement or queue position located. Company (Aug 2024): working with the local utility on long-term power infrastructure plans. AZ tracker (2026):“Buckeye Technology Park | Tract | Buckeye, Maricopa Co. | 2,069 acres; 1.8 GW; $20B | Zoned; development agreement Aug 2024 | 2026, APS substation planning under way”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Power plan: grid“Tract said it is working with APS to expand the area's power infrastructure”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Stage: Entitled land bank, pre-construction: land closed, Buckeye Tech Corridor CMP/GPA and development agreement in place, by-right zoning - but zero executed grid tranches, zero tenants, zero building or generation per“The council approved the termination of the Cipriani development agreement, to be replaced by the tech corridor”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Paper or real: Real: 2,069 acres closed, corridor CMP/GPA + development agreement approved, by-right use, water cap set. Paper: the 1,800 MW ceiling - no executed APS tranche, no tenant, no phase plan, no permits, no dis“master-planned, zoned, powered land tailored to the scale that will be required for future data center campuses”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Inside the Data Center Arizona tracker: Buckeye Technology Park status 'Zoned; development agreement Aug 2024', latest note '2026, APS substation planning under way' - the only 2026 status signal beyond the CRO horizonta“Buckeye Technology Park | Tract | Buckeye, Maricopa Co. | 2,069 acres; 1.8 GW; $20B | Zoned; development agreement Aug 2024”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Real Estate Daily News West Valley roundup still describes the park at its announcement scope (2,069 acres, up to 40 data centers, 1.8 GW as long-term power plans) with no construction, tenant or power milestone reported“Tract said it is working with the local utility on long-term power infrastructure plans that could support up to 1.8 gigawatts”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 1,800 MW“Tract said it's currently working with the local utility on plans to support up to 1.8GW of capacity”News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
- Location description: Southwest Buckeye, south of I-10 along Johnson Road, west of Buckeye Municipal Airport, Maricopa County, AZ; former Cipriani master-planned community land (9,706 homes planned in 2008, never built)“The proposed facility, currently desert and farmland south of the I-10 on Johnson Road”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Utility: Arizona Public Service (APS)“Tract said it is working with APS to expand the area's power infrastructure”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Phases: multi-phase build-out over up to 15 years; no phase-level MW, building count or COD disclosed by Tract“Tract hopes to have the complex fully built out over 15 years”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Current target date: not disclosed - no COD update since the Aug 2024 announcement; the mayor estimated in Aug 2024 that the developer would likely need about seven years just to secure the necessary power“Orsborn said the developer will likely need about seven years to secure the necessary power”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Developer model: Powered-land developer: acquires, entitles and powers master-planned parks, builds roads/water/sewer/power/fiber, then sells entitled land to data center builders and hyperscalers; does not itself operat“Tract buys raw land well-located for data centers and obtains the necessary zoning and permits for projects. Tract also develops the infrastructure on the sites”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Aliases: Buckeye Tech Corridor (city entitlement name); Cipriani (former master plan name)“Buckeye City Council unanimously green-lit a 2,807-acre tech corridor near the airport”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Governing jurisdiction: City of Buckeye: the site sits inside city limits under the former Cipriani CMP, so land-use authority is the City Council / Planning & Zoning Commission and NO county rezoning was needed. Maricop“Approval of these requests will facilitate the development of the site with a technology-centered light industrial and commercial campus”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Cmp area acres: 2807 acres“Buckeye City Council unanimously green-lit a 2,807-acre tech corridor near the airport”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (37)
- Fleet formd: Fleet Data Centers I, LP (CIK 0002044402) filed its original Form D on Dec. 5, 2024 and a D/A on Dec. 5, 2025 reporting $1,108,850,000 sold against an indefinite offering; affiliate Fleet Data Centers I-A, LP (C“totalAmountSold 1108850000”SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade A
- Tenants: none signed; no end-user tenant, operator or parcel buyer disclosed“Tract provides master-planned data center parks to facilitate speed and certainty in developing new data center capacity”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Tenant status: none signed“We work with hyperscalers and operators, local communities, landowners, and energy companies”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- development agreement: termination / clawback NOT LOCATED - the executed development agreement text was not opened in this pass (the city posts agendas through a JS portal and the recorded DA was not retrieved); no termi“The council approved the termination of the Cipriani development agreement, to be replaced by the tech corridor”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- land purchase agreement: conditions / termination NOT PUBLIC - the purchase agreement is a private contract; no conditions-precedent, earnest-money or termination terms appear in any public source checked“The land acquisition was the result of a 24-month, collaborative effort”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- tax incentive (GPLET): status none found - no Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET) lease for Tract/Buckeye in any source checked; the development-agreement tax-revenue reimbursement is the only incentive instrume“No GPLET or abatement record for Tract in Buckeye surfaced in any search”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- electric service / load contract: status none found - no ESA, Direct Pricing Contract or interconnection agreement naming Tract is public. APS's standard Direct Pricing Contracts for extra-large users include deposits, m“Direct Pricing Contracts with extra-large energy users like data centers include protections such as deposits, minimum billing commitments and termination provisions”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Land seller: Cipriani Holdings, LLC (Arizona Land Consulting represented the seller; ALC had acquired the land position in Feb 2022 for $40M)“Anita Verma-Lallian, CEO of Arizona Land Consulting, who represented the seller, Cipriani Holdings, LLC, on the transaction”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Buildings: 40 buildings“up to 20 million square feet of data center space across as many as 40 individual data centers at full build-out”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Square feet: 20000000 sq ft“anticipating up to 20 million square feet of data center space across as many as 40 individual data centers at full build-out”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- land purchase agreement: scope 2069 acres (22 parcels)“today announced its acquisition of a 2,069-acre land parcel in Buckeye, Arizona”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 136069993 USD“Recorded: Aug. 26, 2024 · Price: $136,069,993 · Grantor: CIPRIANI HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AZLCO BUCKEYE LLC · Parcel number: 504-36-087D · Address: 3011 S 312TH AVE · City: BUCKEYE”County deed records · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 33957000 USD“Recorded: Feb. 3, 2022 · Price: $33,957,000 · Grantor: CIPRIANI LAND HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: ARIZONA LAND CONSULTING LLC · Parcel number: 504-30-004V · Address: 5404 S 311TH AVE · City: BUCKEYE”County deed records · Feb. 2022 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 40093000 USD“Recorded: Feb. 3, 2022 · Price: $40,093,000 · Grantor: ARIZONA LAND CONSULTING LLC · Grantee: CIRPRIANI HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 504-30-004V · Address: 3011 S 312TH AVE · City: BUCKEYE”County deed records · Feb. 2022 · grade B
- Buildings planned: 40 buildings“The park could see up to 20 million square feet of data center space developed across as many as 40 individual data centers at full build-out”News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
- Planned buildings: 40 buildings“The park could see up to 20 million square feet of data center space developed across as many as 40 individual data centers at full build-out.”News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
- Land price: 136000000“Bizjournal reports Tract acquired the site from Arizona Land Consulting for more than $136 million; Arizona Land purchased the property for $40 million in 2022”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 20000000000 USD“the agricultural and undeveloped land in Buckeye, Ariz., ultimately could support $20 billion worth of data-center development. That figure doesn't include the servers”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Financing: Land closed Aug 2024 (price via press only). Tract typically spends $100-150M per site preparing it for sale (CIO Graham Williams, WSJ). No project-level construction financing disclosed“Tract typically spends $100 million to $150 million on a site to prepare it for sale, Williams said”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- land purchase agreement: price 136000000 USD (more than)“Bizjournal reports Tract acquired the site from Arizona Land Consulting for more than $136 million”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Entitled status: Buckeye Tech Corridor Community Master Plan / general plan amendment and a new development agreement approved Aug 6, 2024; by-right data center use under light-industrial/commercial categories; Planning“Unit 2: 1,727 acres intended for a regional data center or commercial and/or light industrial”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 14000000000 USD“An imminent municipal approval could open the way for a 1,700-acre, $14 billion complex”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Incentives: Development-agreement reimbursement: 20% of the data centers' tax revenue over a 20-year term, capped at $50M (agenda-level terms via local press). No GPLET lease and no property-tax abatement located“The city further agreed to reimburse the developer for 20% of the data centers' tax revenue over a 20-year term with a $50 million cap”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Conditions of approval: Water use capped at a maximum of ~2,000 acre-ft/yr (vs 4,500 under the Cipriani residential plan); Stoneman Wash preserved as open space; developer builds half-streets on the boundary, internal st“Tract agreed to contribute up to $15 million of a pro rata share for a I-10 interchange and right-of-way at Johnson Rd”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Water use stated: 2000“The tech corridor will cut that by approximately 60% with a maximum of 2,000 acre feet per year used”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: scope Buckeye Tech Corridor Community Master Plan: technology-centered light industrial and commercial campus on the former Cipriani land; Planning Unit 2 (1,727 acres) designated for a regional da“Approval of these requests will facilitate the development of the site with a technology-centered light industrial and commercial campus”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: incentive / reimbursement rate 20 % of the data centers' tax revenue“The city further agreed to reimburse the developer for 20% of the data centers' tax revenue over a 20-year term with a $50 million cap”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: incentive / reimbursement cap 50000000 USD“reimburse the developer for 20% of the data centers' tax revenue over a 20-year term with a $50 million cap”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: incentive / reimbursement trigger (conflicting formulation) Developer could receive up to $50M for public infrastructure costs after the project generates $60M in revenue for the city USD“the developer could receive up to $50 million for public infrastructure costs after generating $60 million in revenue for the city”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: developer contribution 3500000 USD plus a 2.5-acre public safety site“2.5 acres for a public safety facility with $3.5 million contributed by the developer for a temporary public safety facility”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: developer contribution 15000000 USD (up to, pro rata share)“Tract agreed to contribute up to $15 million of a pro rata share for a I-10 interchange and right-of-way at Johnson Rd”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: infrastructure obligation Developer constructs half-streets on the project boundary, streets internal to the site and additional street improvements outside the site boundary; the city straightens“Tract is responsible for constructing half-streets on the project boundary, streets internal to the site and additional street improvements outside of the site boundary”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement: condition / water cap 2000 acre-feet per year (maximum)“The tech corridor will cut that by approximately 60% with a maximum of 2,000 acre feet per year used”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement (Cipriani CMP, 2008): termination Terminated by City Council action on Aug 6, 2024 and replaced by the Buckeye Tech Corridor CMP and development agreement“The council approved the termination of the Cipriani development agreement, to be replaced by the tech corridor”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Commercial Property Executive (from Phoenix Business Journal), day of the council vote: Tract's combined contribution of $18.5M covers the future I-10 interchange at Johnson Road, a temporary public safety facility and o“As part of the deal, Tract would chip in $18.5 million for a future I-10 interchange at Johnson Road, a temporary public safety facility and other improvements”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Development stage: entitled cmp approved“The council approved the termination of the Cipriani development agreement, to be replaced by the tech corridor”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Tract's first Arizona attempt, Project Range (~1,000 acres, 5.6M sq ft, $14B, unincorporated county island between Buckeye and Goodyear), withdrawn: Tract CLO Jessica Bennett's Apr 18, 2024 letter asked Maricopa County t“BizJournal reports Jessica Bennett, chief legal officer for Tract, sent a letter to Maricopa County's planning department on April 18 requesting to withdraw its four applications”News report · April 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (11)
- air quality permit: none found - no air permit or application for Tract/Buckeye; no on-site generation is proposed, so no permit is expected at this stage“Proposed Permit No. P0013417 - Maricopa County Air Quality Department has processed an application for Takanock Baccara LLC (positive control)”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Tract is hiring development-side staff (utility development, projects development - energy, development manager) on its live Greenhouse board, but lists no Buckeye/Arizona site roles - consistent with a pre-construction“Director, Utility Development; Senior Manager, Projects Development - Energy”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- APS rate case hearing concludes after 31 hearing days (May 18-Jul 7, 2026); changes to the Extra High Load Factor rate and a Formula Rate Adjustment Mechanism are the contested data-center issues; ALJ recommendation expe“Key topics argued during the Hearing include changes to APS's Extra High Load Factor (which applies to large load users, such as manufacturing companies and data centers)”Utility regulator · July 2026 · grade B
- APS files its rate case, ACC Docket E-01345A-25-0105, requesting ~16% overall revenue increase and proposing new general service rate structures so that large high-load-factor customers such as data centers bear the cost“APS proposes to establish new general service rate structures to mitigate cross-subsidization by customer classes”Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
- Construction stage: none confirmed - a single secondary aggregator (Construction Review Online, page updated Jun 2026) says the park entered an active engineering and horizontal infrastructure preparation phase in 2026;“the project has entered the active engineering and horizontal infrastructure preparation phase as of 2026”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- general plan text amendment (city-initiated): recommended approval (voice vote) - minor GPA text amendment allowing residential components inside large employment-designated CMP/PADs; staff cited the Buckeye Tech Corrido“Galica cited the Buckeye Tech Corridor (formerly known as Cipriani) as an example of a CMP that currently prohibits residential uses”News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
- Buckeye Planning & Zoning Commission: Case PLZU-25-0004: city-initiated minor general plan text amendment on residential uses inside large employment-designated CMP/PADs; staff cited the Buckeye Tech Corridor (formerly C“The commission held a public hearing; no members of the public signed up to speak. Commissioner Jared moved to recommend approval of case PLZU-25-0004”News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
- zoning (by-right data center use in place at acquisition): in place - parcels carry by-right data center permissions under light-industrial zoning; the seller had rezoned the former residential master plan to industrial“all with existing by-right permissions for data center use”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- general plan amendment / community master plan: approved (unanimous)“Buckeye City Council unanimously green-lit a 2,807-acre tech corridor near the airport”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- development agreement termination: approved - 2008 Cipriani development agreement terminated and replaced by the Buckeye Tech Corridor CMP/DA“The council approved the termination of the Cipriani development agreement, to be replaced by the tech corridor”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Buckeye City Council: Buckeye Tech Corridor general plan amendment / community master plan; termination of the 2008 Cipriani development agreement; new development agreement with Tract (reimbursement of 20% of data-cente“Approval of these requests will facilitate the development of the site with a technology-centered light industrial and commercial campus”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
Site and other (13)
- County code: 04013“buildings: Maricopa County County AZ (04013)”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Owner companies: not disclosed - the buying entity is not named in the company release or any press checked“Tract said Arizona Land Consulting represented the seller, Cipriani Holdings, LLC, on the transaction”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Original target date: not disclosed - no phase COD in any source checked; full build-out horizon up to 15 years“full build-out up to 15 years”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Name: Tract Buckeye Technology Park“Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks, today announced its acquisition of a 2,069-acre land parcel in Buckeye, Arizona”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Developer: Tract“Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Acres: 2069 acres“today announced its acquisition of a 2,069-acre land parcel in Buckeye, Arizona”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Land control date: Aug. 28, 2024“Tract Closes Acquisition of 2,069 acres in Buckeye, Arizona”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Announced: Aug. 28, 2024“DENVER, Aug. 28, 2024 - Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks, today announced its acquisition”Company · Aug. 2024 · grade B
- Site acres: 2069 acres“Tract has announced a new gigawatt-scale data center park in Phoenix, Arizona. The company announced its acquisition of a 2,069-acre land parcel in the Buckeye area”News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
- Parcels: 22 parcels“The site comprises 22 parcels, ranging from 40 to 242 acres each, all with existing by-right permissions for data center use”News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
- Workforce estimate: 360“According to Boyles, Tract projects more than 360 jobs at full build out”News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C
- Workforce estimate: 2000“This initiative is anticipated to generate about 2,000 jobs during the construction phase and 500 positions once completed”News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
- Opposition: No organized opposition to THIS site located. Contrast: Tract's earlier Project Range (unincorporated county island between Buckeye and Goodyear) drew a resident petition plus formal opposition from both citi“The cities of Buckeye and Goodyear have expressed significant opposition to the early plans. Area residents have also expressed opposition and have started a petition to stop the project”News report · May 2024 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback. County deeds: ATTOM.