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Powered land in Arizona: 378 power nodes, 7 sites and 17 demand rows, each with its source and check date.
45Provisional DCMI Power Readiness Score, out of 100 (DC Market Insights calculation, 55 of 100 weight points with data; final at 90). Missing: time to power, grid congestion and queue backlog, water stress.
First calculated on 4 November 2026.
Verified on 2 November 2026 · Method
Substations are not drawn: we count them by county only.
Tract Buckeye campus in Maricopa County is the largest of the 7 Arizona sites we track, at 1,800 MW; together they state 4,204 MW across 3 counties (DC Market Insights calculation). Cholla at 1,129 MW leads the 2,015 MW of plant capacity leaving service. Tract names the most stated demand here (1,800 MW of 2,794 MW).
| Data on file | Rows | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Power plants (EIA-860M) | 248 | 61,516 MW |
| Substations 230 kV or more (HIFLD, counted by county) | 130 | |
| ISO queue (no ISO for this grid) | Not loaded yet | |
| Large-load requests (utility filings) | Not loaded yet | |
| Data center sites | 7 | 4,204 MW |
| Demand rows | 17 | 2,794 MW |
| Policy rows | 2 |
Leaving service in Arizona: 2,015 MW at 7 plants, led by Cholla in Navajo County (1,129 MW, retired in March 2025), Springerville in Apache County (850 MW, partly retiring from December 2027) and Headgate Rock in La Paz County (20 MW, idle (out of service)).
Coming: 14,908 MW at 38 planned plants, led by Saddleback Generation Station (1,250 MW, planned, in service December 2030), Snowflake A Solar and BESS (950 MW, planned, in service August 2027) and CO Bar Solar and BESS (800 MW, planned, in service December 2027).
Of 130 substations, 12 at 345 kV, 35 at 500 kV or more and 83 at 230 kV; Maricopa County (64), Pinal County (17) and Mohave County (12) hold the most.
| Power node | Kind | County | MW | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback Generation Station | Planned plant | Maricopa County | 1,250 MW | planned, in service December 2030 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Cholla | Plant leaving service | Navajo County | 1,129 MW | retired in March 2025 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Snowflake A Solar and BESS | Planned plant | Navajo County | 950 MW | planned, in service August 2027 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Springerville | Plant leaving service | Apache County | 850 MW | partly retiring from December 2027 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| CO Bar Solar and BESS | Planned plant | Coconino County | 800 MW | planned, in service December 2027 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Eagle Eye Solar and Storage | Planned plant | La Paz County | 800 MW | planned, in service May 2028 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| CO Bar D Solar and BESS | Planned plant | Coconino County | 788 MW | planned, in service May 2028 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Red Antelope Solar & Energy Storage Farm | Planned plant | Coconino County | 700 MW | planned, in service May 2028 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| Desert Sand BESS | Planned plant | Maricopa County | 600 MW | planned, in service December 2028 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
| THREE SISTERS Solar Generation and BESS | Planned plant | Pinal County | 600 MW | planned, in service April 2029 | EIA Form 860M, September 2026 |
1 of the 7 Arizona sites state no MW and no power date yet, so they have no page of their own.
| Site | County | Acres | MW (source words) | Time to power (source words) | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tract Buckeye campus | Maricopa County | 2,019 | 1,800 MW | idea | Developer, 2 November 2026 | |
| Page data center land near Horseshoe Bend | Coconino County | 500 | 1,000 MW | idea | County, 22 October 2025 | |
| Luckett Road data center site, Marana | Pima County | 600 | The estimated electrical demand ranges between 550 and 750 megawatts for each site | zoned | County, 2 November 2026 | |
| EdgeCore Mesa campus | Maricopa County | 84 | 496 MW | powered | Developer, 2 November 2026 | |
| Project Blue, Pima County | Pima County | 286 MW | sold | County, 23 April 2026 | ||
| Aligned Glendale campus (PHX-13) | Maricopa County | 100 | 72 MW | idea | County, 15 April 2025 | |
| Hassayampa Ranch | Maricopa County | 1,687 | idea | County, 5 March 2026 |
13 buyers, 17 rows; evidence: 9 from company and 8 from press.
Our Power and Policy tracker holds 2 rules for Arizona.
Arizona: 45 out of 100, provisional, from 55 weight points.
| Factor | Points | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Time to power | Not loaded yet | no stated power date |
| Available or freeing MW | 8.1 of 20 | 2,015 MW freeing (full points at 5,000 MW, DC Market Insights calculation) |
| Grid congestion and queue backlog | Not loaded yet | no ISO queue covers this grid; utility queues not loaded yet |
| Policy | 6 of 15 | in force: 1 tariff |
| Land and permitting | 8 of 10 | best site by status and acres; opposition events not tracked yet |
| Fiber and latency to the nearest hub | 2.4 of 10 | 24 live data centers tracked in the state (full points at 100) |
| Water stress | Not loaded yet | water stress index not loaded yet |
Maricopa County (Tract Buckeye campus), Pima County and Coconino County and 0 more counties.
Navajo County, with 1,129 MW of the 2,015 MW state total.
13 buyers; by stated MW, Tract leads. Each row is on the Arizona demand page.
We list 7 Arizona sites and do not sell land; each site names its source.
"APS rate case (ACC Docket E-01345A-25-0105): over 45% increase proposed for extra-large users such as data centers" (10 July 2026) is the newest.
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