Getting your news
Attempting to reconnect
Finding the latest in Climate
Hang in there while we load your news feed
Arizona Data Center Intel
Latest data center news, projects, power and policy across Arizona — updated daily.
Arizona · Construction & power moves · 1
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across Arizona — each traced to primary filings.
Recent Arizona data center news
-
US energy storage market has record-breaking Q3
-
Aypa secures 1 GWh Arizona battery, Arevon activates 600 MWh Tesla battery
US-based companies Aypa Power and Arevon Energy have announced major battery energy storage developments in Arizona and California. Aypa Power has secured $398 million financing for a 250 MW/1 GWh battery storage project in Mesa, Arizona, while Arevon has activated the first phase of its Eland solar-plus-storage site in Mojave, California, featuring 384 MWdc of solar and 150 MW/600 MWh of energy storage capacity. The total combined battery storage capacity amounts to 2.2 GWh.
-
THE BIG PICTURE: How Much Power Will Data Centers Consume? (Infographic)
Global data centers have shown significant electricity consumption growth, with U.S. facilities consuming 150 TWh (3% of national demand) and global usage at 340 TWh (1.3% of worldwide use) in 2023. EPRI, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and other major research organizations project dramatic increases in data center power demand through 2030, driven by AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has partnered with major utilities, tech companies like Google, Meta, and NVIDIA to launch the Data Center Flexible Load Initiative (DCFlex) in 2025, exploring innovative strategies for integrating data centers into the power grid.
-
Corporate America vastly increases investment in solar and storage
SEIA report reveals U.S. businesses have installed 40 GW of solar capacity and 1.8 GWh storage. Meta leads solar procurement with 5.2 GW, Google leads storage with 936 MWh. Amazon achieved 100% renewable energy goal ahead of schedule.
-
EDF Renewables clinches PPA for 250 MW/1000 MWh battery project in Arizona
EDF Renewables North America has secured a 20-year PPA with Arizona Public Service for its 250-MW/1,000 MWh Beehive battery energy storage system project in Peoria, Arizona. The project, which represents EDF Renewables’ second stand-alone storage project, will begin construction in 2025 and is expected to be operational in 2026.
-
Sunrise brief: J.P. Morgan and Capital One provide $260 million tax equity financing for solar project
-
Major battery energy storage system in Arizona supports Meta data center
-
Ørsted switches on 1.2 GWh Arizona battery
-
Ørsted completes 300-MW solar + storage project in Arizona
Ørsted and SRP completed a 300-MW solar and storage project in Pinal County, Arizona.
-
Sunrise brief: Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid