{
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
  "source": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/vermaland-data-center-pinal-az",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-07T17:49:59.207Z",
  "count": 1,
  "projects": [
    {
      "slug": "vermaland-data-center-pinal-az",
      "name": "Vermaland data center",
      "summary": "The Pinal County board rejected the massive Vermaland data center project.",
      "state": "AZ",
      "city": null,
      "county": "Pinal",
      "status": "cancelled",
      "developer": null,
      "capacity_mw": null,
      "latitude": 33.03861,
      "longitude": -111.38694,
      "location_precision": "county",
      "location_source": "County seat (Florence), Wikidata, placed at county level",
      "location_verified_at": "2026-09-16",
      "coordinate_source": "wikidata county seat",
      "location_last_verified": "2026-09-16",
      "site_address": null,
      "site_address_source_url": null,
      "published": "2026-09-04",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-17",
      "cooling_type": "not_disclosed",
      "cooling_type_source_url": null,
      "cooling_fluid": null,
      "cooling_fluid_source_url": null,
      "developer_source_url": null,
      "contractor": null,
      "contractor_source_url": null,
      "site_acres": null,
      "site_acres_disclosed_as": "not_disclosed",
      "site_acres_source_url": null,
      "power_source": null,
      "power_source_url": null,
      "interconnection_status": "not_disclosed",
      "interconnection_source_url": null,
      "water_measure": null,
      "record_url": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/vermaland-data-center-pinal-az",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Pinal County will vote on La Osa, which could become one of Arizona's largest data center projects - KJZZ",
          "url": "https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-25/pinal-county-will-vote-on-la-osa-which-could-become-one-of-arizonas-largest-data-center-projects",
          "publisher": "KJZZ",
          "date": "2026-08-25",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal County residents fight proposed data center - AZ Family",
          "url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/26/pinal-county-residents-fight-proposed-data-center/",
          "publisher": "AZ Family",
          "date": "2026-08-25",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal County blocks data center near Eloy: What happens now? - AZ Family",
          "url": "https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/08/27/pinal-county-blocks-data-center-near-eloy-what-happens-now/",
          "publisher": "AZ Family",
          "date": "2026-08-26",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Why Pinal County residents are fighting proposed data center - AZ Family",
          "url": "https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/08/26/why-pinal-county-residents-are-fighting-proposed-data-center/",
          "publisher": "AZ Family",
          "date": "2026-08-25",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal County rejects data center despite developer’s concessions - AZ Family",
          "url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/",
          "publisher": "AZ Family",
          "date": "2026-09-08",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "RioGrande revived, temporarily: Another proposed data center bites the dust , Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org) - coyotegulch.blog",
          "url": "https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/09/17/riogrande-revived-temporarily-another-proposed-data-center-bites-the-dust-jonathan-p-thompson-landdesk-org/",
          "publisher": "coyotegulch.blog",
          "date": "2026-09-17",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "Largest proposed data center in Arizona to be scaled back 80% after opposition - KJZZ",
          "url": "https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2026-05-28/largest-proposed-data-center-in-arizona-to-be-scaled-back-80-after-opposition",
          "publisher": "KJZZ",
          "date": "2026-05-28",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal board rejects sprawling data center - PinalCentral.com",
          "url": "https://www.pinalcentral.com/breaking/pinal-board-rejects-sprawling-data-center/article_3ac027a2-6778-4560-b26f-4f5e83aa68cb.html",
          "publisher": "PinalCentral.com",
          "date": "2026-08-26",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal County rejects massive Vermaland data center project - The Business Journals",
          "url": "https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2026/08/26/vermaland-s-pinal-county-data-center-denied.html",
          "publisher": "The Business Journals",
          "date": "2026-08-26",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pinal County board rejects massive data center project - AZ Family",
          "url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/27/pinal-county-board-rejects-massive-data-center-project/",
          "publisher": "AZ Family",
          "date": "2026-08-26",
          "source_tier": 4
        }
      ],
      "use_types": [
        {
          "use_type": "not_disclosed",
          "share_percent": null,
          "source_url": null
        }
      ],
      "serves": {
        "tenants": [],
        "tenancy": "not_disclosed",
        "local_service_commitments": [],
        "source_url": null
      },
      "status_history": [
        {
          "status": "cancelled",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-08",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-09-08",
          "summary": "Vermaland proposed building 59 buildings and two gas fired power plants on 3,300 acres south of Eloy.",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "cancelled",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-08",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-09-08",
          "summary": "In response to opposition, Vermaland scaled the project back to 11 buildings and one gas fired power plant.",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "cancelled",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-08",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-09-08",
          "summary": "Vermaland proposed to use less water by implementing a closed loop cooling system.",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "cancelled",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-08",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-09-08",
          "summary": "Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 against the Vermaland data center project.",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "rumored",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-26",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-26",
          "summary": "Developer reduced proposal from 59 buildings to 11 with two gas fired power plants planned",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/08/27/pinal-county-blocks-data-center-near-eloy-what-happens-now/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "rumored",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-25",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-25",
          "summary": "A data center is proposed near Eloy and Picacho Peak in Pinal County, Arizona",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/08/26/why-pinal-county-residents-are-fighting-proposed-data-center/",
          "source_tier": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}