QTS Pinal County Campus
Pinal County, AZ
QTS Pinal County Campus is a under construction data center in Pinal County, AZ, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 420 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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420 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 336,000 homes.
Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in AZ is 15.6¢/kWh, up 3.0% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)
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Overview
QTS Pinal County Campus is a hyperscale data center under construction in Pinal County, Arizona, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC. The site carries a reported power capacity of 420 MW, a figure that signals significant demand on the region's electricity grid before the campus comes online.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentQTS Realty Trust, LLC
- This facilityQTS Pinal County Campus
In the news
source: GDELT- Landowner scales back data center plans in Pinal County - KTAR News 92.3 FMKTAR News 92.3 FM· Jun 2, 2026
- Major Valley landowner slashes data center plans in Pinal County amid public outcry - The Business JournalsThe Business Journals· May 29, 2026
- $10bn Project Baccara Data Center in Maricopa County, Arizona Approved as Opposition Mounts - Construction ReviewConstruction Review· May 28, 2026
- 'Very disappointed': Maricopa County supervisors approve controversial data center - ABC15 ArizonaABC15 Arizona· May 6, 2026
- Maricopa County Board approves $10B data center amid public outcry, cites Luke Air Force Base's feedback - 12News12News· May 6, 2026
- Pima County judge to rule on Marana data center petition dispute - AZPM NewsAZPM News· Apr 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Arizona reported $38.5M in Computer Data Center TPT/Use Tax Exemption (Deduction Code 565; A.R.S. § 41-1519) for FY2025 (Arizona Department of Revenue, Office of Economic Research and Analysis). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 420 MW (disclosed IT power): 2.5 L/kWh cooling (arid climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (West Pinal), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Florence High School in Florence, is 8.7 mi from this site (796 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.