TUCSON, AZ (August 11, 2025) — An Arizona land developer, Vermaland LLC, has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform around 3,300 acres of land in Pinal County—located midway between Phoenix and Tucson—into a sprawling data center and energy hub.
The project, dubbed the La Osa Project, is expected to cost up to $33 billion and could deliver a staggering 3 gigawatts (GW) of power capacity—enough to outpace the current data center capacity across the entire Phoenix metro area.
The development lies next to a Qualified Opportunity Zone, offering investors potential tax advantages, including reductions in capital gains taxes for longer-term holdings. Vermaland envisions a hybrid energy setup combining solar, natural gas, battery storage, and grid connections to support continuous operations. Preliminary plans call for a gas-fired power plant in early phases, transitioning to solar power as those facilities come online…