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Recent Arizona data center news

• Dec 9, 2025

  More Freedom, Better Value: How Lifecycle Extension Surpasses Evergreen//Forever

  Dell Technologies is promoting its PowerStore Lifecycle Extension program as a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to Pure Storage’s Evergreen//Forever program for storage infrastructure upgrades and expansions.

  • Lifecycle Extension offers data-in-place higher model upgrades after 180 days, scale-out allowances for adding equivalent appliances with native clustering, 25% raw capacity price reduction on qualified capacity purchases with unlimited redemptions, included white-glove deployment, and a dedicated technical advisor for annual environment reviews.
  • The article contrasts this with Pure’s Evergreen//Forever limitations (controller-only refresh after 3-year renewal, Ever Agile requiring significant capacity expansion and extra installation costs, no native scale-out, no built-in consulting) and highlights Dell’s 5:1 data reduction guarantee up to 6 years and 3‑year satisfaction guarantee versus Pure’s 12‑month DR guarantee and 30‑day satisfaction program.
• Dec 8, 2025

  Arista Introduces Massive Scale Campus Mobility

  Arista Networks has announced new campus networking capabilities including Arista VESPA for large-scale WLAN mobility, expanded AVA agentic AI for AIOps, and ruggedized 710HXP switches for industrial and outdoor environments.

  • Arista VESPA introduces a controller-less, standards-based WLAN mobility architecture that scales Wi‑Fi roaming domains to over 500,000 clients, delivering sub-second failover and removing traditional controller hardware dependencies; AVA now provides a unified agentic AI framework with multi-domain event correlation, conversational troubleshooting (Ask AVA), and continuous monitoring with automated root cause analysis.
  • Two new ruggedized 710HXP platforms (710HXP-28TXH and 710HXP-20TNH) offer IP50 Din Rail and IP30 1RU switches with multi-gig and 90W high-power ports to support Wi‑Fi 7 access points and outdoor security cameras, all running Arista EOS and CloudVision, with general availability for the new software and hardware expected by Q1 2026; Arista will further detail the solutions in a blog and a webinar on January 22, 2026.
  • Webinar details:
    • Date: January 22, 2026
    • Format: Online webinar
    • Subject: “Beyond the Controller: Arista VESPA for Massive Campus Wireless Mobility” (registration via provided link).
• Dec 2, 2025

  Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots

  Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posted a monthly roundup of active data center job openings on the Pkaza jobs board.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier and Pkaza published a list of open roles (examples: Data Center Facility Technician, Electrical Commissioning Engineer, Construction Project Manager, Electrical Engineer, Critical Power Sales Associate, Sr Mechanical Engineer, Site Selection Manager/Director/VP, Electrical Project Manager, MEP Superintendent, Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Engineering Design Director, Navy Nuke Facility Technician) posted on Pkaza’s jobs board; positions are available across many US cities including Ashburn, VA; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Montvale, NJ; Austin, TX; Charlotte, NC; New Albany, OH; Phoenix, AZ.
  • Background and details: Roles are for mission-critical data center employers (developers, colo providers, contractors, commissioning firms) and frequently emphasize reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design / LEED expertise and commissioning; some listings explicitly accept Navy Nuke / military veterans and many positions list multiple alternative locations or hybrid/remote options. Author: Kathy Hitchens (Data Center Frontier).
• Dec 2, 2025 · RMI

  The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States

  Rocky Mountain Institute presents a typology classifying US states into five electro-industrial archetypes.

  • Main announcement/action: RMI authors classify states into five archetypes — Momentum Hubs (Arizona, California), Fast‑Track Builders (Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, Idaho), Policy Champions (New York, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania), Open‑Door Starters (Vermont, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi, Iowa), and Early‑Stage Starters (Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas). The typology is based on policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity, physical infrastructure (power and interconnection), and market momentum.
  • Background and details: The analysis highlights that market momentum and policy reliability should operate in tandem; low regulatory burdens accelerate short-term investment but may strain local housing and infrastructure without accompanying policy ambition. The authors reference the report GREASE Lightning as a policy playbook for designing investment-led, state-driven electro-industrial strategies.
• Dec 1, 2025

  Hurricanes in 2024 led to the most hours without power in the United States in 10 years

  U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, nearly twice the annual average of the previous decade.

  • Main finding: The EIA’s Electric Power Annual 2024 shows U.S. customers averaged 11 hours of interruptions in 2024; Hurricanes Beryl, Helene, and Milton accounted for 80% of hours without electricity, and interruptions attributed to major events averaged nearly 9 hours in 2024 versus nearly 4 hours (2014–2023). The report uses industry metrics SAIDI and SAIFI to characterize outages.
  • Details & state impacts: The report cites South Carolina averaged nearly 53 hours without power in 2024; Hurricane Beryl left 2.6 million Texas customers without power (July), Hurricane Helene left 5.9 million customers across 10 states (with at least 1.2 million in South Carolina), and Hurricane Milton left 3.4 million Florida customers without power; Hawaii averaged 4.4 interruptions, while several states (Arizona, South Dakota, North Dakota, Massachusetts) averaged less than 2 hours of interruptions.
• Nov 6, 2025

  Beale Infrastructure Will Pursue 100% Renewable Energy for Planned Pima County Data Center and Commits $15 Million in Community Investments

  Beale Infrastructure announced a sustainability and community investment initiative for its planned Pima County data center, committing to match 100% of the data center’s energy use with renewable energy and to invest $15 million in local education and workforce development.

  • Main announcement: Beale will pursue 100% renewable energy for its Pima County data center via an energy supply agreement with Tucson Electric Power (TEP), will accelerate development of new renewable generation at the data center’s cost, and will initially fulfill the commitment with renewable energy credits (RECs) until new projects come online. Beale also committed $15 million to Pima County (a $5 million scholarship fund for STEM and trade training now, plus $10 million for future community benefit projects identified with Pima County). The company plans to finalize acquisition of the Pima County property by the end of the year and then begin construction.

  • Project details and background: The initial project phase is expected to deliver $3.6 billion in capital investment during multi-year construction, $152 million in tax revenue over 10 years ($58.5 million for Pima County; $93.5 million for the State of Arizona), 3,000 construction jobs (prioritizing local union/trade labor) and 180 permanent data center campus jobs by 2029. The data center will use an air-cooled design (no water for cooling) and will source domestic water and fire suppression water from an ADWR-approved source. Partnerships noted include TEP for energy supply and local unions (LiUNA, Western States Carpenter Union) for workforce and apprenticeship participation.

• Nov 6, 2025

  Beale Infrastructure Will Pursue 100% Renewable Energy for Planned Pima County Data Center and Commits $15 Million in Community Investments

  Beale Infrastructure announced a sustainability and community investment initiative for its planned Pima County data center focused on 100% renewable energy and a $15 million community investment.

  • Main announcement: Beale will match 100% of the data center’s energy use with renewable energy (initially via RECs until new generation is online) under an energy supply arrangement with Tucson Electric Power (TEP); Beale is committing $15 million to Pima County including a $5 million scholarship fund for STEM/trade training and $10 million for future community benefit projects. Beale plans to finalize property acquisition by the end of the year and begin construction thereafter.
  • Background and project details: The project’s initial phase is expected to require $3.6 billion in capital during multi-year construction, generate $152 million in tax revenue over 10 years (split as $58.5 million to Pima County and $93.5 million to the State of Arizona), create 3,000 construction jobs and 180 permanent jobs by 2029, use an air-cooled design (no water for cooling), and rely on an ADWR-approved water source for domestic and fire-suppression needs. Community investments may include digital equity and fiber infrastructure expansions.
• Nov 6, 2025 · RMI

  How Virtual Power Plants Can Help the United States Win the AI Race

  RMI publishes an analytical brief recommending rapid deployment and novel commercial models for virtual power plants (VPPs) to speed interconnection and reliably supply growing AI/data-center loads in the United States.

  • Main announcement/action: RMI proposes three commercial models (Pass-Through Funding for Utility-Managed VPPs; VPP Capacity Transfer; VPP as Reliability Reinforcement) to enable large loads to sponsor VPP capacity in exchange for expedited interconnection. Key figures and timelines include VPPs could scale to meet over 20% of US peak demand by 2030, Brattle’s finding that 400 MW of VPP resource adequacy costs ~$2 million annually versus ~$43 million for equivalent new gas plants and grid upgrades, and examples of program scale such as California’s DSGS enrolling over 750 MW (including a 500 MW increase during Jan–Oct 2025). Utility and grid timing constraints cited include gas turbine backlogs through at least 2028, average interconnection timelines >5 years, and localized waits (e.g., Dominion warns up to 7 years in Northern Virginia; some DFW data center deliveries delayed to 2027 or later).

  • Background and implementation details: The brief documents operational examples (National Grid Connected Solutions; Green Mountain Power battery programs; Ontario 90 MW residential VPP that enrolled 100,000 homes in six months) and outlines policy and market prerequisites: changes to interconnection policy (e.g., Oregon, Nevada, CAISO, SPP experiments), stronger integrated planning and data access (capacity accreditation, Green Button Connect), and customer protection measures (transparent tariffs, up-front payments/long-term contracts, rate-design evaluations). It emphasizes measurement & verification, transferable capacity credits, and that models shift different financial and delivery risks among large loads, VPP aggregators, and utilities.

• Nov 6, 2025 · Tech Xplore

  Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers

  US startup Starcloud this week launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying an Nvidia GPU into orbit as a demonstration of a mini data center; Google and SpaceX have also announced plans or claims to test or deploy space-based data centers.

  • Main announcement/action: Starcloud sent a refrigerator-sized satellite with an Nvidia GPU into orbit (launched by SpaceX), described as a “cosmic debut“; Google unveiled plans to launch test satellites by early 2027 for its Suncatcher project, and SpaceX has claimed it could deploy orbiting data centers as early as next year (2026).
  • Background & technical details: Advocates highlight constant solar power (sun-synced orbits) and easier cooling in space; key challenges include radiation damage to GPUs, space junk collision risk, and launch costs — SpaceX’s Starship is cited as potentially cutting launch expenses by at least 30 times, with project launch-price projections suggesting parity with Earth-based data centers by the mid-2030s.
• Nov 5, 2025

  Developer Forges Ahead With $38B in North Carolina Data Center Builds

  Energy Storage Solutions announced a plan to build a massive 900 MW, 300-acre data center and energy storage campus (Kingsboro) in Tarboro, N.C., after Edgecombe County amended zoning to permit data center construction.

  • Project details: Energy Storage Solutions expects to break ground on the $19.2 billion Kingsboro project in Q1 2026; the buildout will be in 24 phases over 3–5 years, include about a dozen 40,000-square-foot structures per campus, support >1,000 employees per campus, and a twin project is planned for Fayetteville, N.C. The company says the Kingsboro project will add $75 million in annual tax revenue for Edgecombe County.
  • Background and implementation details: The company will use natural gas for on-site power generation, may pay $176 million in local energy infrastructure upgrades, and plans to sell surplus power back to utilities at a discount. Edgecombe County earlier voted down a separate $6.4 million, 100 MW project; commissioners on Monday unanimously amended the Unified Development Ordinance to allow data center construction in specified industrial zoning districts. Shaffer declined to disclose investor or vendor names.