Takanock Data Center/Project Baccara
Waddell, Maricopa County, AZ
Source: Primary source
Takanock Data Center/Project Baccara is a proposed data center in Maricopa County, AZ, operated by DigitalBridge. DataCentersExposed has documented 700 MW of reported power capacity and a 2,000,000 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Maricopa, Arizona
Takanock Data Center/Project Baccara in Waddell, AZ is contested. Organized Advocacy | Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1067323452056728/ Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.
Hearing timeline
- DecisionCity Council Formal MeetingApproved
Wed, Jan 21, 2026 · 2:30 PM MST
City Council Formal Meeting: data-center item — Binding Waiver of Enforcement of Special Permit Provisions for Data Centers for Sheely Center.
Approved — binding waiver of data-center special permit provisions adopted as amended/revised.
Meeting detailsvia Legistar - DecisionCity Council Formal MeetingDeferred
Wed, Dec 17, 2025 · 2:30 PM MST
City Council Formal Meeting: data-center item — Binding Waiver of Enforcement for Sheely Center data center special permit provisions.
Continued — item postponed to a later date, no final decision
Meeting detailsvia Legistar - DecisionCity Council Formal MeetingDeferred
Wed, Dec 3, 2025 · 2:30 PM MST
City Council Formal Meeting: data-center item — Binding Waiver of Enforcement for Data Center special permit provisions (Sheely Center).
Continued to December 17, 2025 meeting — no final decision made.
Meeting detailsvia Legistar - DecisionCity Council Formal MeetingDeferred
Wed, Nov 19, 2025 · 2:30 PM MST
City Council Formal Meeting: data-center item — Waiver of special permit provisions for data centers (Ordinance S-52435) continued.
Continued to December 3, 2025 City Council Formal Meeting — no final decision.
Meeting detailsvia Legistar - City Council
Tue, Jul 8, 2025 · 5:45 PM MST
City Council: data-center item — Data center text amendments under discussion.
- City Council
Tue, Jul 1, 2025 · 5:45 PM MST
City Council: data-center item — Data Center Text Amendment Resolution introduced.
- Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 · 4:00 PM MST
Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing: data-center item — Data center text amendment under consideration.
- Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
Wed, Jun 11, 2025 · 4:00 PM MST
Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing: data-center item — General text amendment regarding data centers
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700 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 560,000 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
source: linkImported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Files asDigitalBridge
- This facilityTakanock Data Center/Project Baccara
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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: GDELTNo recent coverage found for this facility.
Data-center discussions in Maricopa 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.
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 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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Rancho Gabriela in Surprise, is 1.7 mi from this site (633 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.