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Of 3,374 acres, about 1,910 are for data centers and employment and 983 stay open space, against a ceiling of about 3 GW.","interconnectionQueueId":null,"expectedEnergizationDate":null,"dedicatedSubstation":null,"gridOperator":"WECC","waterSourceNotes":"Site located along the Green Canal south of Eloy, Pinal County.","servingUtility":null,"acreage":3374,"totalBuildingSqft":null,"streetAddress":null,"notes":"Proposed ~3,374-acre park along the Green Canal south of Eloy (~1,910 acres for data centers); up to 3 GW, ~$33B, ~10-year buildout. Power would start from an on-site ~480-acre gas plant plus battery storage and adjacent solar (solar land application pending with AZ State Land Dept). Pinal County P&Z reviewed the Comprehensive Plan amendment in a July 2026 work session but took no action; officials sought more large-data-center guidance as of Aug 2026. Highly early-stage and unentitled.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Original scale concept (reported AZBEX / KJZZ)","value":"AZBEX coverage described Vermaland's La Osa plan south of Eloy as among Arizona's largest proposed data-center projects, and KJZZ later reported that Pinal County Planning and Zoning had previously approved a comprehensive plan vision for 59 data center buildings drawing on 3 GW of energy demand. Frame those building counts and GW figures as early plan concepts reported by local press, not as entitled or built capacity ([AZBEX](https://azbex.com/planning-development/states-largest-data-center-project-part-of-vermaland-pinal-plan/); [KJZZ, Aug 26 2026](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects))","sourceUrl":"https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects"},{"label":"Scaled proposal before vote (reported KJZZ)","value":"KJZZ reported (Aug 26 2026) that before the Board of Supervisors vote, Vermaland had scaled plans to 11 data center buildings, a 500 MW natural gas plant, and battery storage that could serve 1 GW of total energy demand, and had added self-imposed conditions including a 600 acre-foot fresh-water use cap. Treat the reduced scale and water cap as developer-stated concessions reported by KJZZ ([KJZZ, Aug 26 2026](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects))","sourceUrl":"https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects"},{"label":"Board of Supervisors rejection (reported KJZZ / AZFamily)","value":"KJZZ reported (Aug 26 2026) that Pinal County supervisors voted 4-1 to reject La Osa's rezoning request and plans for development, and AZFamily later summarized the denial of what would have been the largest data center project in Arizona despite developer concessions. Frame as a reported entitlement denial, not a completed campus ([KJZZ, Aug 26 2026](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects); [AZFamily, Sep 8 2026](https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/08/pinal-county-rejects-data-center-despite-developers-concessions/))","sourceUrl":"https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://azbex.com/planning-development/states-largest-data-center-project-part-of-vermaland-pinal-plan/","date":"2025-09-01","title":"State's Largest Data Center Project Part of Vermaland Pinal Plan","publisher":"AZBEX"},{"url":"https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-13/pinal-county-officials-seek-more-guidance-on-large-scale-data-centers-ahead-of-la-osa-decision","date":"2026-08-13","title":"Pinal County officials seek more guidance on large-scale data centers ahead of La Osa decision","publisher":"KJZZ"},{"url":"https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-08-26/pinal-county-rejects-massive-la-osa-data-center-residents-want-more-rules-for-future-projects","date":"2026-08-26","title":"Pinal County rejects massive La Osa data center. 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