How much power does Project Blue Marana use?

Project Blue Marana has a reported power capacity of 250 MW.

Has Project Blue Marana had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Project Blue Marana.

Where is Project Blue Marana located?

Project Blue Marana is in Marana, Pima County, AZ.

Proposed

Project Blue Marana

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Arizona?

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). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Marana, Pima County, AZ

Source: Primary source

Project Blue Marana is a proposed data center in Pima County, AZ, operated by Beale Infrastructure. DataCentersExposed has documented 250 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Pima, Arizona

supporters

Project Blue Marana in Marana, AZ is contested. Emerging Concern | Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1247158236748842/ Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.

Hearing timeline

Board of Supervisors
Tue, Dec 16, 2025 · 9:00 AM MST
Board of Supervisors: data-center item — Binding Memorandum of Agreement for Houghton Data Center Project (Project Blue) with community benefit commitments.
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Your action kit

Sourced arguments and ready-to-send letters — every figure links to a primary record. Edit to add your own story.

Power & your bill

250 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 200,000 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.)

Source

Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Pima County, AZ,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "Project Blue Marana":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

Thank you,
[Your name]
[Your email / address]

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Add your name and we'll email you before every hearing, with what to say and where to show up.

Neighbors taking a stand

Be the first to say why this matters. Public notes appear here to show officials the strength of local feeling.

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Operator

Beale Infrastructure

Power

250 MW

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

Files as
Beale Infrastructure
This facility
Project Blue Marana

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

3.2 mi

Marana Tap · 115 kV

Transmission line

2.6 mi

138 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: Google News

Data-center discussions in Pima County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

Tucson City Council

Apr 20, 2021 · 1 data-center mention

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, La Paloma Academy Marana in Marana, is 4.9 mi from this site (90 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.

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