At a recent meeting Marana’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a rezoning application to town council for Beale Infrastructure’s data center project. It now goes on to the council for final review. Beale develops data centers and infrastructure solutions for tech companies.
Council chambers where the meeting was held was packed to overflowing for the 3-hour-plus meeting on whether the commission should recommend to town council to approve the rezoning of about 600 acres on Luckett Road for the building of a data center. The meeting took place on Dec. 10.
Currently the land is zoned R-144, meaning agriculture, and half, about 300 acres, is owned by the Church of Latter-day Saints. The owners are represented by Lazarus and Silvyn, a Tucson land use law firm. To the south is another plot of about 300 acres which is also being considered for rezoning for the same project. That property is owned by the Kai Family Tr 97 & Kai Family Tr 97 S12 LLC…