The site
The site from above
Permits
Permits checklist
2 denied · 1 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file
- ✕Rezoning (case 2026-PZ-003-26) DeniedPinal County Board of Supervisors · Aug. 26, 2026: 4-1; the planning commission had recommended approval 7-2 in April, which is not a decision News report · Aug. 2026
- ✕Planned area development overlay DeniedPinal County Board of Supervisors · Aug. 26, 2026: 4-1, same vote News report · Aug. 2026
- ✓Comprehensive plan amendment (employment and public facilities) GrantedPinal County Board of Supervisors · Nov. 19, 2025: unanimous, no conditions; not overturned by the later denial News report · Nov. 2025
- –Checked, nothing on file: Air permit for gas plants, Power plant siting certificate, Floodplain use permit
Risks
Why it stopped, what could revive it
- HighRezoning deniedThe denial blocks the path to build; it is unclear whether Vermaland will reapply, and a refiling would need new hearings. News report · Aug. 2026
- HighNo power supplyNo utility agreement, gas contract or air permit exists, and the one utility letter set undefined conditions. News report · April 2026
- MediumNo tenant or operatorThe plan was to sell or lease entitled land to an end user, and no tenant was ever identified. News report · Aug. 2026
- MediumWater and flood riskThe first plan projected about 4,288 acre-feet a year in a managed water basin, and much of the site is in a flood zone. News report · April 2026
- WatchTax exemption closedA refiled project could not use the state data-center tax exemption before mid-2029. State agency · June 2026
Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
Original on-site gas plants (two)Proposed, withdrawn
up to 2,000 MW in the April 2026 application; no turbine maker, model or count was ever specified News report · April 2026
Revised on-site gas plant (one)Proposed, never contracted
500 MW with battery storage in the scaled-back plan; county staff proposed a 1,000 MW cap on gas capacity News report · Aug. 2026
Proposed
Other sources, size not disclosed
- Grid power via Electrical District No. 4 Letter onlya letter says the district is prepared to serve subject to undefined infrastructure and financial commitments; no agreement was signed, and APS has no Pinal County data-center commitments News report · April 2026
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- April 7, 2026District letter, no contractElectrical District No. 4 says it is prepared to serve if infrastructure and financial commitments are met; none were defined. News report · April 2026
- April 15, 2026APS has no commitments hereArizona Public Service tells the county none of its committed data-center load covers any Pinal County project. News report · April 2026
- April 16, 2026Gas line 2.5 miles awayEl Paso Natural Gas runs about 2.5 miles west; no contract or capacity commitment exists. News report · April 2026
- Aug. 26, 2026Denial ends the pathWith the rezoning denied, none of the power plans can proceed on this land. News report · Aug. 2026
- Not setAir permit and plant siting: not filedNo air permit application exists, and no state power-plant siting filing was made; the developer planned to seek it only after rezoning. see Permits
- No interconnection agreement was executed with any utility; studies with the district were under way in April 2026 with no public results. News report · April 2026
- Two federal 115 kV lines owned by WAPA cross the central site and a 230 kV APS line crosses the south. News report · May 2026
- No plant for this campus appears in EIA's federal generator inventory (EIA-860M, Aug. 2026). That inventory covers grid-connected plants only, so an off-grid plant may not be listed yet. State agency · Oct. 2026
Money
Money on record
$33B
developer's headline cost, July 2025
press release; no tenant, utility or lender was named Company · July 2025
$10B+
applicant attorney's cost estimate, April 2026
down from nearly $20B in Nov. 2025 News report · April 2026
- For sale: land listing during the rezoning (marketed as potentially the largest data center in the U.S.; the developer intended to sell to an end user) News report · May 2026
Not on record: lender, equity or committed capital: the applicant said energy contracts with steep penalties could not be signed before rezoning News report · April 2026; tax incentive: state exemption never approved, new applications closed July 2026 to June 2029 Company · July 2025
Land assembly
No arm's-length land purchase by the campus company is in county records. 2 related-party transfers are shown greyed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.
- April 2023 Verma LA Osa Ranch I 10 Sasco RD CA to Verma LA Osa Ranch I 10 Sasco 3700 · price not recorded · 19 parcels · related-party transfer County deed records · April 2023
- Feb. 2025 Verma LA Osa Ranch I 10 Sasco RD CA to Verma LA Osa Ranch I 10 Sasco 3700 · price not recorded · related-party transfer County deed records · Feb. 2025
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- July 31, 2025Site Vermaland announces a $33B, up to 3 GW data center park in a Qualified Opportunity Zone Company · July 2025
- Nov. 19, 2025Permits Supervisors unanimously approve the comprehensive plan amendment News report · Nov. 2025
- April 7, 2026Power Electrical District No. 4 writes it is prepared to serve, subject to undefined commitments News report · April 2026
- April 15, 2026Power APS tells the county it has no data-center commitments in Pinal County News report · April 2026
- April 16, 2026Permits The planning commission recommends the rezoning 7-2 with 33 conditions News report · April 2026
- May 27, 2026Permits Supervisors delay the vote to Aug. 26 so the applicant can return with a smaller plan News report · May 2026
- June 13, 2026Money Arizona signs a three-year moratorium on new data-center tax exemption applications State agency · June 2026
- Aug. 21, 2026Site Nine organizations send a letter urging the board to deny News report · Aug. 2026
- Aug. 26, 2026Permits Supervisors deny the rezoning and overlay 4-1 News report · Aug. 2026
- June 2029Money The state's moratorium on new data-center tax exemption applications ends State agency · June 2026
Construction activity
Satellite captures by quarter
Since Feb. 2022: 71 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 = 6. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings
Specs
59 to 11 buildings
original plan of about 400,000 sq ft each, cut to 11 in the revised plan
600 acre-feet a year
freshwater cap offered in the revised plan; the earlier estimate was about 4,288
33 conditions
proposed zoning conditions that never took effect after the denial
100 to 500 jobs
per building, as the applicant claimed; commissioners doubted it and the applicant conceded about 500 in all
- Flood zone: much of the site is in a federal flood zone; no floodplain permit was sought News report · April 2026
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Developer and owners
- Vermaland LLC: Phoenix land developer and applicant; Kuldip (Ken) Verma, founder and CEO
- Two landowner companies in the Verma family hold the parcels
Advisers
- Rose Law Group (attorney Court Rich): applicant counsel
- EPS Group: applicant engineer
Utilities and suppliers
- Electrical District No. 4: possible power deliverer
- Arizona Public Service: owns a 230 kV line; no commitments here
- Western Area Power Administration: owns two 115 kV lines
- El Paso Natural Gas (Kinder Morgan): nearest gas line
- Global Water: prospective water provider
Decision-makers
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors: denied 4-1, with Supervisor Miller dissenting
- Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission and Citizens Advisory Committee: recommended approval
Opponents and supporters
- Rural Arizona Engagement and Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection: led opposition
- SMART union trades and Arizona Technology Council: supporters
Still unknown
Open questions
- Whether Vermaland reapplies or sells the land.
- Any tenant, operator or buyer.
- Any power or gas contract.
- Whether the denial is appealed.
Where this comes from
280 records from 23 documents
Drawn from news reports, company statements, public and commercial datasets, state agency records and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 17Company 2Dataset 2State agency 2Satellite 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 (28)
- Stated campus size: 3,000 MW“The 3,300-acre complex would support up to 3 gigawatts of power capacity”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Nearest substation: 12.75 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest transmission line: 1.30 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Transmission line 230 kV distance: 1.33 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest gas pipeline: 8.04 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Grid operator: none - WECC region; Arizona has no ISO/RTO market“Two of the entities involved in La Osa power supply are not regulated by the ACC”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: 500 MW“On-site generation was specified: a 500-megawatt natural gas plant, plus utility-scale battery storage”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Interconnection status: cancelled at county level - identity CONFIRMED: La Osa Energy Center is Vermaland's project (at least three independent sources name Vermaland as the La Osa developer); The Pinal County Board of S“Pinal County's supervisors voted 4-1 to deny the rezoning behind La Osa, a data center and gas generation campus south of Eloy”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 1,000 MW“Total energy demand was capped at 1 gigawatt, down from an original 3 GW”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: 500 MW“before being scaled back to 11 data center buildings, a 500 MW gas plant, battery energy storage, and total energy demand of up to 1 GW”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Power plan: hybrid (proposed only: on-site gas routed through ED4 + grid delivery + contracted solar; never contracted; Phase 1 was entirely grid-dependent)“Phase 1 has no on-site generation. It depends entirely on grid interconnection through ED4”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Original target date: none - no COD was ever stated in the application or hearing record“The actual build-out depends on demand, utility capacity, and permitting outcomes for the on-site gas generation, none of which are committed”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Paper or real: Entitled-land play, not a powered campus: land-bank owner, no tenant, no operator, no utility commitment, no gas contract, no air permit, no CEC filing, no financing; claimed size fell from 3,000 MW / 59 b“No utility has actually said yes”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Aug. 26, 2026 to reject the La Osa (Vermaland) rezoning and planned-area-development overlay (cases PZ-003-26 / PZ-PD-003-26), cancelling the campus as applied for; the compreh“Vermaland proposed to construct its La Osa Energy Center south of Eloy, near the Greene Wash, which is part of the Santa Cruz Wash”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Conditions of approval: No approval issued. The PAD case carried 33 stipulations (drainage, traffic, setbacks, buffering, landscaping, noise mitigation incl. stipulation 28 best-available sound technology, decommissionin“a stipulation capping the combined generating capacity of the on-site gas plants at 1,000 megawatts”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Cooling: Closed-loop / dry (air) cooling pledged for data center buildings (sealed glycol recirculation); commitment sat in the project narrative, not in the 33 PAD stipulations; gas plants would use evaporative ponds“nothing is stipulated about anything, the gas, the way the gas plant is, the way the water and closed loop system is”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Transmission owner: WAPA owns two 115 kV lines crossing the central site; APS owns the 230 kV line crossing the southern parcels“the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) owns the 115kV transmission lines crossing the central portion of the property, APS owns the 230kV transmission line”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Substation kV: 500 (two on-site 500 kV substation/switchyard sites shown in plans at the gas plant locations; off-site bulk connection to the TEP Pinal Central-Tortolita 500 kV corridor never described or secured)“The site plans show a proposed 500-kilovolt substation and switchyard at each of the two gas plant sites”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: 2,000 MW“On-site gas plants would generate up to 2,000 megawatts; the campus would support up to 3 gigawatts”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Phases: 3 (Phase 1 Northwest: first buildings + fire station site; Phase 2 Central: first gas plant + 500 kV substation; Phase 3 Southeast: second gas plant + second 500 kV substation)“Vermaland LLC, represented by Rich, plans to build in three phases”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Interconnection status: No interconnection agreement executed with any utility; interconnection studies with ED4 (and APS wires-to-wires discussions) underway as of Apr 2026 with no public results“The applicant confirmed at the April 16, 2026 hearing that interconnection studies with ED4 are underway”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- On-site power technology: Natural gas combustion turbines (two plants in original application; one 500 MW plant in revised) plus battery storage proposed; no OEM, model, unit count or cycle configuration ever specified;“the application does not specify the number, manufacturer, model, or cycle configuration of the turbines proposed for La Osa”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Gas supplier: El Paso Natural Gas (Kinder Morgan) pipeline ~2.5 miles west is the nearest supply; no gas contract; firm vs interruptible service never addressed; later phases would need the Transwestern Desert Southwest“The El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline system, owned by Kinder Morgan, runs approximately 2.5 miles west of the site”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Workforce estimate: Applicant claimed 100-500 jobs per data center building plus ~70 permanent power-plant jobs; commissioners challenged the figures (5-10 per building seen nationally) and the applicant conceded total e“I am seeing, like, 5 or 10 people per building, not 100 to 500”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- APS testified it has ~4.5 GW of data center load committed territory-wide through 2030-2032 and 20+ GW requested without commitments, with zero commitments in Pinal County (portfolio context only - not campus MW)“APS has committed to serve approximately 4.5 gigawatts of data center load through 2030-2032 across its service territory”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Utility: Electrical District No. 4 (ED4) of Pinal County - the local utility district that could deliver power to the site; ED4 generates no power and resells wholesale purchases“ED4 is the local utility district that could deliver power to the La Osa site, ED4 does not generate its own electricity”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Electric service agreement signed: none - no energy supply agreement with ED4, APS or any other utility“No utility has actually said yes. APS confirmed in April it has zero commitments to any Pinal County data center”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Aliases: La Osa Project; La Osa Energy Center; La Osa Gas-Fired Power and Data Center Complex“The La Osa Gas-Fired Power and Data Center Complex”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (26)
- tax incentive (state program): moratorium three-year moratorium on new Computer Data Center exemption applications, Jul 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2029, enacted in the FY2026-27 budget (HB 4168) signed Jun 13, 2026; La Osa“a three year data center tax credit moratorium”State agency · June 2026 · grade B
- Owner companies: Vermaland LLC“Arizona land developer Vermaland, LLC unveiled plans for a $33 billion data center industrial park”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Announced: July 31, 2025 (Vermaland PR Newswire release)“Vermaland, LLC unveiled plans for a $33 billion data center industrial park”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Stated capital cost: 33000000000 USD“unveiled plans for a $33 billion data center industrial park that would become the largest such development in the United States”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Incentives: No project-specific incentive, abatement or GPLET agreement. Site sits in a federal Qualified Opportunity Zone. The state Computer Data Center TPT exemption (ARS 41-1519) was the only identified incentive and“The development sits within a federally designated Qualified Opportunity Zone”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Vermaland announces La Osa by PR Newswire: $33B, up to 3 GW, Qualified Opportunity Zone; no tenant, operator, utility or lender named“Vermaland, LLC unveiled plans for a $33 billion data center industrial park”Company · July 2025 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD“Recorded: Feb. 26, 2025 · Grantor: VERMA LA OSA RANCH I 10 SASCO RD CA · Grantee: VERMA LA OSA RANCH I 10 SASCO 3700 · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”County deed records · Feb. 2025 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD“Recorded: April 21, 2023 · Grantor: VERMA LA OSA RANCH I 10 SASCO RD CA · Grantee: VERMA LA OSA RANCH I 10 SASCO 3700 · Parcel number: 409-01-014A · City: ELOY”County deed records · April 2023 · grade B
- Tenants: none - no tenant, LOI, end user or operator publicly identified at any stage of the 15-month entitlement record“Fees and contributions will be determined at a later date before the building permit is filed, once a buyer or lessee is identified”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Tenant status: none found - no commitment of any kind (no signed lease, LOI or MOU in the record)“the developer intends to sell to an end user”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Water use stated: 600 acre-feet/yr“the developer proposed an 80% scale reduction, a 600-acre-foot annual freshwater cap, and commitments to carry energy infrastructure costs”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- zoning stipulations (proposed, never effective): termination / lapse the 33 PAD stipulations and the late-added 1,000 MW combined gas cap never took effect because the rezoning and PAD were denied on Aug 26, 2026; no ves“includes a stipulation capping the combined generating capacity of the on-site gas plants at 1,000 megawatts”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Water source: Unresolved: Global Water will-serve letter per applicant attorney (Apr 16, 2026) but described only as a potential supplier in application documents; private wells and septic for initial phases; attorney cl“The applicant has a contract for 1,200 acre feet of historical water rights that can be used on the property”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- water rights contract: scope contract claimed for 1,200 acre-feet of historical water rights usable on the property, reducing agricultural use; the contract itself is not in the public record acre-feet“The applicant has a contract for 1,200 acre feet of historical water rights that can be used on the property”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- land sale listing: scope property listed for sale online during the rezoning, marketed as Potential to be largest Data Center in the United States; applicant confirmed intent to sell to an end user“The property is listed for sale online, where it is marketed as having Potential to be largest Data Center in the United States”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- The La Osa property was listed for sale online during the rezoning, marketed as the potential largest data center in the United States; the applicant confirmed an intent to sell to an end user“The property is listed for sale online, where it is marketed as having Potential to be largest Data Center in the United States”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- development agreement: existence none - no development agreement was recorded or entered into; project commitments lived in the application narrative, not in binding stipulations“The developer commitments are not legally binding... sit in the project narrative, not in the 33 zoning conditions the Board approves”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Buildings: 59 (conceptual maximum in original application, ~400,000 sq ft each) buildings“Plans show up to 59 data center buildings around 400,000 square feet each”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Water use stated: 3828780 gal/day average industrial demand projected by applicant EPS Group memo (~4,288 acre-feet/yr), max day 7,657,560 gal/day; wastewater 2,552,520 gal/day gallons/day“Industrial water demand is projected at 3,828,780 gallons per day on average, with a max day demand of 7,657,560”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 10000000000 (on the order of $10 billion or more, applicant attorney at the Apr 16, 2026 P and Z hearing) USD“Rich estimated the total construction cost on the order of $10 billion or more”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Financing: none - no lender, equity sponsor or committed capital identified; applicant stated energy/infrastructure contracts with steep penalties could not be signed before rezoning“they would be on the hook for billions of dollars of energy”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- water service: will-serve letter received per applicant attorney (Apr 16, 2026); Global Water planned to create a service territory for the project; its nearest existing facility is ~10 miles away in Red Rock; private we“Rich confirmed the project has received a will-serve letter from Global Water, which plans to create a service territory for the project”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- fire service annexation: condition precedent annexation of the project into the district contemplated; applicant offered to designate and donate a fire station site if the district determines one is necessary; district r“Fees and contributions will be determined at a later date before the building permit is filed, once a buyer or lessee is identified”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- energy supply agreement: existence none - APS testified Apr 15, 2026 that it has no data center service commitments anywhere in Pinal County; only wires-to-wires interconnection discussions with the applicant“none of APS 4.5 GW commitment covers any Pinal County data center project”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- energy supply agreement: existence none executed - ED4 letter of Apr 7, 2026 states the District is prepared to serve subject to significant infrastructure improvements and appropriate financial commitments from the appl“the District is prepared to serve subject to significant infrastructure improvements and appropriate financial commitments from the applicant”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 20000000000 (nearly $20 billion, applicant attorney at the Nov 19, 2025 BoS hearing) USD“Rich described the project as an investment of nearly $20 billion, potentially more depending on the final site plan”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (28)
- Arizona FY2026-27 budget signed with a three-year moratorium on new data center tax exemption applications (Jul 1, 2026 - Jun 30, 2029); a refiled La Osa could not obtain the state equipment exemption in that window“a three year data center tax credit moratorium”State agency · June 2026 · grade B
- certificate of environmental compatibility (power plant siting): no CEC application found; a thermal plant of 100 MW or more requires a CEC under ARS 40-360 before construction, and the applicant path contemplated ACC ap“seek Arizona Corporation Commission approval for the gas-fired power plants before moving into building permitting”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Site acres rezoning: 3385 acres“The rezoning itself still covered 3,385 acres, split into 2,393 acres of I-3 industrial and 992 acres of proposed open space, under case numbers PZ-003-26 and PZ-PD-003-26”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Rezoning outcome: DENIED 4-1 by the Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26, 2026 (cases PZ-003-26 / PZ-PD-003-26); verdict confirmed“Pinal County's supervisors voted 4-1 to deny the rezoning behind La Osa, a data center and gas generation campus south of Eloy”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Name: Vermaland Data Center Park (La Osa)“A data center campus planned outside of Eloy hit a roadblock when the Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted against changing the zoning”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Rezoning date: Aug. 26, 2026 - DENIED 4-1 by Pinal County Board of Supervisors (cases 2026-PZ-003-26 and 2026-PZ-PD-003-26)“the Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted against changing the zoning for the land parcel”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Current target date: n/a - rezoning denied; no path to construction“It is not immediately clear whether developer Vermaland plans to reapply”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Construction stage: none - no construction; vacant desert land; no site plan, grading or building permit ever issued“The project spans roughly 3,385 acres south of Eloy... The land is largely vacant desert”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Time to service (months): not applicable - rezoning denied“It is not immediately clear whether developer Vermaland plans to reapply, but it would likely take months for the matter to come before the board again”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- rezoning: DENIED 4-1 (Miller dissenting)“the supervisors voted 4-1 against two measures to facilitate construction on the La Osa development”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- planned area development overlay: DENIED 4-1 (Miller dissenting)“the Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to reject the rezoning and related planned area development overlay”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Denial drew national coverage as the first data center campus proposed in unincorporated Pinal County was rejected after a 15-month entitlement fight; supporters included SMART union trades and the Arizona Technology Cou“The 4-1 vote blocks the path to rezone more than 3,000 acres of rural land for the development”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors: Cases 2026-PZ-003-26 and 2026-PZ-PD-003-26“The Board voted 4-1 to deny approval of two continued planning and zoning items related to development of a Data Center”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Opposition: Organized opposition led by Rural Arizona Engagement (RAZE) and the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection; nine-organization sign-on letter urged denial on Aug 21, 2026; 100+ protest letters before the fina“The undersigned nine organizations in Southern Arizona urge the Board of Supervisors to deny the cases known as the La Osa data center project”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Moratoria: No county moratorium adopted; residents repeatedly asked the Board for a temporary countywide data-center moratorium; county planning staff said in July 2026 they were working on a potential ordinance or stand“the county has no standards for them yet. Planning staff said at the July hearing they are working on a potential ordinance or standards”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County has no data center ordinance; planning staff told the Board in July 2026 they were working on potential standards. The absence of data-center-specific zoning standards was a stated ground of the La Osa denia“the county has no standards for them yet”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- rezoning: continued to Aug 26, 2026 at applicant request (no decision; Serdy absent, Vitiello no on continuance)“Pinal County supervisors took no final vote on the La Osa data center and continued both zoning cases to August 26, 2026”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors: Cases 2026-PZ-003-26 and 2026-PZ-PD-003-26“After hours of public testimony, the board continued both zoning cases to August 26”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- rezoning: recommended approval 7-2 (Klob, Scott no)“The Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-2 on April 16 to recommend the La Osa Energy and Data Center rezoning”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- planned area development overlay: recommended approval with 33 stipulations“A companion Planned Area Development overlay, Case PZ-PD-003-26, applies 33 stipulations across the full acreage”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- floodplain use permit: never applied for; a large portion of the site is in FEMA Zone A with ~10,000 cfs of offsite flow, and facilities would have needed elevation above the 100-year flood level plus floodplain permits“All facilities would need to be elevated above the 100-year flood level and comply with floodplain use permits”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission: Cases PZ-003-26 and PZ-PD-003-26 (rezoning + PAD overlay)“Mooney then moved to recommend approval of PZ-003-26 with the single staff stipulation. The motion passed 7-2”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors (work session): Data center development presentations (APS, SRP)“Asked specifically about Pinal County, Bogle confirmed that none of APS 4.5 GW commitment covers any Pinal County data center project”News report · April 2026 · grade C
- comprehensive plan amendment: approved unanimously, no stipulations (P and Z recommended 7-3; Citizens Advisory Committee 11-4)“The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a comprehensive plan amendment for the La Osa Gas-Fired Power and Data Center Complex”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
- Pinal County Board of Supervisors: La Osa comprehensive plan amendment (Employment / GPFS designation)“The Board of Supervisors approved the comprehensive plan amendment without stipulations”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
- Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission: La Osa comprehensive plan amendment“At the October 16, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing, Commissioner Hartman asked how many megawatts the gas generation would be”News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
- Citizens Advisory Committee: La Osa comprehensive plan amendment recommendation“the Citizens Advisory Committee, which voted 11-4 to recommend approval”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission: La Osa rezoning application informational session“the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission held a non-voting informational session for the application on July 17”News report · July 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
- Lawsuits: none found - no litigation or appeal of the denial in the record reviewed as of capture“Opponents prevail in La Osa data center fight in Pinal County”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (6)
- Operator: none - no operator ever named; Vermaland is a land developer only“It is the owner and developer of the La Osa site, but not itself a data center operator”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Address: Along the Greene Canal of the Santa Cruz Wash, south of Baumgartner Road and east of Eleven Mile Corner Road, south of the City of Eloy, unincorporated Pinal County, AZ“located along the Greene Canal of the Santa Cruz River, south of Baumgartner Road, and east of Eleven Mile Corner Road, south of the City of Eloy”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Buildings: 11 (revised application) buildings“the supervisors voted 4-1 against two measures to facilitate construction on the La Osa development, which would have included 11 data centers”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Stage: cancelled - entitlement denied 4-1 on Aug 26, 2026; the land retains its Nov 19, 2025 comprehensive plan Employment / General Public Facilities designation (approved separately, not overturned), so a refile is pos“The comprehensive plan amendment redesignating the land for Employment and public facilities was approved separately and was not overturned”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Developer: Vermaland LLC (Phoenix land-banking company; not a data center operator; stated plan was to sell or lease entitled parcels to end users)“The applicant confirmed the land is for sale, saying the developer intends to sell to an end user”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Acres: 3385 acres“The project covers 3,385 acres south of Eloy, along the Greene Canal of the Santa Cruz Wash”News report · April 2026 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback. County deeds: ATTOM.