Site selection decisions include evaluating available infrastructure and transportation, and relevant incentives and programs. This week’s Infrastructure & Incentives Update from Business Facilities features the latest news from Arizona, Virginia, North Carolina, and northwest Ohio.
Project Blue For Arizona Data Centers
The Board of Directors of The Chamber of Southern Arizona has voted to support Project Blue, a more than $3.6 billion project consisting of a three-phase data center development in the Tucson/Southern Arizona region. Project Blue’s technology campus is intended to help meet the massive demand for digital infrastructure in the United States.
Data centers are critical infrastructure and support Tucson’s major industries, enabling both day-to-day operations and long-term innovation in Aerospace & Defense, Bioscience & Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing & Mining Operations, Financial Services, Education & Research, Tourism, and all levels of government.
To be developed by Beale Infrastructure, the first proposed Primary Project site will be located at Pima County’s Southeast Employment and Logistics Center (SELC) on South Houghton Road. The Initial Phase of the Primary Project could be operational as soon as 2027. The Primary and Secondary Projects of Project Blue, if fully built, are projected to create more than four times the number of full-time permanent jobs as those estimated for the Initial Phase…