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Recent Arizona data center news

• Oct 5, 2026

  Scottsdale Chipmaker Revises Multibillion-Dollar Acquisition to Grow AI Business

  onsemi has announced an amended merger agreement to acquire Synaptics in an all-cash transaction.

  • Deal terms: onsemi will acquire Synaptics for $123 per share in cash, valuing the transaction at approximately $5.7 billion versus approximately $7 billion under the prior agreement.
  • Timing and financing: the deal is expected to close by mid-2027, subject to Synaptics shareholder approval, regulatory approvals, and customary conditions; onsemi has fully committed debt financing from Morgan Stanley and the FTC has approved the transaction.
• Sep 30, 2026

  Data Centers: Changing How Arizona’s Commercial Real Estate Risk Is Insured

  The article explains how Arizona’s growth in semiconductor manufacturing and data center development is changing commercial real estate risk evaluation and title insurance practices.

  • Data center developers are acquiring larger sites and using more co-insurance because title insurance needs for large projects often exceed individual insurer limits.
  • The piece highlights mineral rights and split estate concerns, noting that Tonya Lively of Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company says her team is seeing increased attention to subsurface rights analysis as major projects move through acquisition and development.
• Sep 30, 2026

  POWER Honors Bloom Energy’s KR Sridhar with 2026 Executive Leadership Award

  POWER’s article announces that KR Sridhar, founder, chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy, received POWER’s 2026 Executive Leadership Award for advancing distributed, on-site power for data centers and AI demand.

  • Bloom Energy’s history and commercial milestones are summarized, including its 2001 founding, 2006 first field trial, 2008 commercial launch, 2018 NYSE listing, and later manufacturing expansion in Fremont, California.
  • The piece highlights major customer and financing relationships: Bloom’s arrangement with Equinix surpassed 100 MW in February 2025 across 19 data centers in six states; Oracle expanded its Bloom relationship in April 2026 to as much as 2.8 GW with an initial 1.2-GW deployment; Brookfield Asset Management committed $5 billion in October 2025 and raised that commitment to $25 billion in June 2026.
• Sep 29, 2026

  The Power We Need Already Exists. It's Just Going to Waste.

  SPAN, via an MCJ newsletter post quoting Arch Rao, has described its XFRA product as a way to turn unused home electrical capacity into a distributed data center.

  • Main announcement/action: SPAN’s XFRA uses spare home capacity to create a fleet of small nodes coordinated as a single cloud for AI inference; each node pairs a compute module with a SPAN Panel and includes 16 GPUs, 4 CPUs, 3 terabytes of memory, a heat pump, and a 15 kilowatt-hour battery.
  • Background/details: The post says north of 98% of the 200-amp homes SPAN has installed in have about 19 kilowatts of unused conductor capacity; homeowners may lease capacity in exchange for discounted electricity, high-speed internet, and home backup power. The newsletter also references other MCJ portfolio updates, including a $1B Series D for Base Power, $74M for Odyssey Energy Solutions, $46M for Light, $27M for Revoy, $8M seed for Reservoir, and a $500M Pentagon commitment to Phoenix Tailings.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Data centre buildout uplifting US BESS market outlook, Wood Mackenzie says

  Wood Mackenzie has released its Q3 2026 US Energy Storage Monitor, projecting stronger US battery storage growth and highlighting data-centre-driven demand as a key support for the market.

  • The report says US storage installations will grow over 50% in MW terms over the next five years, with utility-scale storage projected to expand at an 8% average annual rate and over 130GW/534GWh of utility-scale BESS expected between 2026 and 2031.
  • The report cites Q2 2026 record US BESS installations of 5.4GW/18.9GWh, notes Massachusetts DOER is distributing about US$40 million to 36 BESS projects, and references recent actions including Tumbleweed Energy Storage commissioning in California and Base Power’s US$1 billion Series D at a US$13 billion post-money valuation.
• Sep 22, 2026

  Builder Behind Major Valley Industrial Projects Expands Tempe Operations

  Alston Construction has announced the relocation of its Arizona Business Unit to a new office in Tempe, Arizona.

  • The unit now operates from 2190 E. Elliot Road, Suite 330, Tempe, AZ 85283 and serves developers, owners and tenants across the Phoenix-area construction market.
  • The company said recent Arizona growth in its Mission Critical division and Industrial business drove the need for more office and operational capacity; it also named Vince Graumann as Operations Manager for the Arizona Business Unit.
  • Alston cited prior projects in the region including Brooklyn Bedding’s 648,165-square-foot manufacturing headquarters in Glendale, Mack Innovation Park in Scottsdale at roughly 1.08 million square feet, Phelan Pecos Center I in Mesa at 476,898 square feet, and Elliot Mesa Commerce Center in Mesa.
• Sep 22, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Congress Should Make the CHIPS Act’s Investment Tax Credit Permanent

  ITIF has published an opinion article arguing that Congress should make the CHIPS Act’s Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit permanent.

  • The article says Section 48D under the CHIPS and Science Act has helped drive more than 160 semiconductor projects across 30 states since 2020, with $825.8 billion in announced private investment.
  • It notes the current construction deadline of December 31, 2026, says the credit was 25% originally and later increased to 35% for qualifying property placed in service after December 31, 2025.
• Sep 21, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 7: Transforming Regulatory Policy

  ITIF has published a policy report arguing for a major transformation of U.S. regulatory policy to support national techno-economic competition with China.

  • The report says Congress should centralize national issues such as AI regulation, preempt many state privacy/AI laws, and reduce federal barriers for nationally important projects such as industrial parks, infrastructure, and data centers.
  • It also argues for NEPA repeal, Section 404 repeal, size-neutral rules, antitrust reform, and a new Commerce Department process to designate up to 100 projects per year for streamlined approval; it also proposes federally designated industrial readiness zones of 50–100 sites of at least 3,000 acres each.
  • Monetary values mentioned include $98 billion–$112 billion annually in potential out-of-state privacy compliance costs, $1 trillion+ over 10 years, $650 million in a Facebook BIPA-related settlement cited in the report, and $100 billion a year for carbon removal referenced in a supporting example.
• Sep 18, 2026

  Phoenix’s Data Center Boom Is Changing What Trade Schools Teach

  National Technical Institute (NTI) has announced a new Data Center Technician program at its Phoenix campus, with enrollment open and first classes set to start November 18.

  • The 64-hour program combines classroom and laboratory instruction, runs twice weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays in four-hour evening sessions, and is designed to prepare students for both data center installation/construction and facilities maintenance/operations.
  • NTI said every graduate will receive a guaranteed interview with its data center partner for roles in Central Arizona, and that it plans to expand the program to its Nevada and Texas campuses after state approvals; the article cites Associated Builders and Contractors projecting 349,000 new construction positions by the end of 2026.
• Sep 17, 2026

  Coalitions, states rush to attract talent to skilled trades

  The article reports on growing interest in skilled trades in the U.S. as AI and retirements intensify workforce shortages, while highlighting several education and industry initiatives.

  • A Thumbtack survey of over 2,400 U.S. adults found 82% of Gen Z believe skilled trades offer better long-term job security, and nearly half have started learning or are considering a career change.
  • The U.S. Department of Education launched the Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge in January and in June announced $15 million in prize funds and technical assistance for 10 states; Lowe’s Foundation launched a trades coalition with more than 75 organizations aiming to train 1 million people by 2035. Maryland’s Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 486 accepted 170 apprentices out of 1,300 applicants and plans a new training center in late 2028.