Beale Infrastructure

Beale Infrastructure is seeking to expand its proposed data center project in De Soto, doubling the facility's planned size according to permit filings. This expansion signals growing data center demand in the region and reflects developer confidence in the market's capacity to support larger hyperscale operations. The project's scale increase represents a significant capital commitment and will likely drive increased utility infrastructure requirements, making it noteworthy for tracking regional data center growth trends and utility capacity planning.

Beale Infrastructure proposed Project Blue, a $5B, 290-acre data center campus in Pima County near Tucson, AZ, with Amazon as the intended tenant. Community opposition over water consumption in the arid region led city officials to deny needed land use changes and water utility access. Amazon exited the project in December 2024. Beale is pursuing a redesigned facility using less water. Phoenix remains the region's sixth-largest U.S. data center market with 1,653 MW existing and 1,913 MW under construction. GCs and vendors should note heightened community resistance and water-related permitting risks across the Desert Southwest.