Cochise CountyTuesday, November 3
A 747-acre AI data center campus is proposed near Cochise, and you can weigh in
The Tucson Today team
If you followed the fight over Project Blue in the Tucson area, here's another one. Developer Tombstone Resources L.L.C. has applied to Cochise County for a Special Use Authorization to build a supercomputer and AI data center campus on about 747 acres along U.S. Highway 191 near the Apache Generating Station. Plans call for up to nine computing buildings in four phases and an estimated six gigawatts of electricity at full build-out. County staff haven't yet verified the application.
The proposed campus would cover about 747 acres
Area of the proposed campus, beside places you know
565 football fields would fit inside the proposed campus
Source: KVOA
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| Area | |
|---|---|
| The proposed campus | 747 acres |
| A football field | 1.3 acres (end zones included) |
The applicant says the campus would use no cooling towers and zero industrial groundwater, create 1,000 permanent jobs and lower bills for Sulfur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative customers, according to its application. K101 reports the applicant estimates 7 to 10 acre-feet of water a year at full build-out. A petition against the project has more than 1,100 signatures.
The data center proposal by the numbers
- 6 gigawatts
- of estimated electrical demand at full build-out
- 9
- computing buildings at most, across four phases
- 1,000
- permanent jobs, the applicant says
- 1,100+
- signatures on the petition against it
Source: KVOA
“Absolutely the nothingness is what we love, this is what we moved here for.”
- Developer's community meeting: Wed., Nov. 4, 6 p.m., Cochise Elementary, 5025 N. Bowie Ave.
- Planning and Zoning hearing: Wed., Dec. 9, 4 p.m., 1415 W. Melody Lane, Building G, Bisbee
- Final materials: posted on the county's website one week before the hearing