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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Project Baccara.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Takanock, LLC
- Address and locality
- Maricopa County · Arizona
- Official metro area
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 700 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 23 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001424
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Arizona Public Service (APS)
- Power source
- On-site gas
- On-site generation
- 700 MW (source-reported)
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 160 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $36 billion
- Announced jobs
- 100 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Energy. ~700MW on-site natural gas generation. Still needs EPA air-quality sign-off.
Water. The CEC application states the data halls use a closed-loop chiller system that, once filled, reuses water without refilling. Note this is distinct from the plant's turbine INLET cooling, which is evaporative — the two systems must not be conflated. Permitted project; figures are as-filed, not operational.
Community. Board of Supervisors approved 4-1 (May 2026).
What the source record says
Unincorporated Maricopa County near Surprise, AZ, north of Luke AFB. Construction targeted Q3 2026, first building online 2028. Coordinates are approximate. Coordinates corrected 2026-08-31 to the filed parcel (501-43-016A) in the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 1 West. The previously stored point fell roughly 8.2 miles NNW, in a different township. The 160-acre parcel holds the turbine yard, the data center buildings and the APS substation together, so a single approximate point represents the whole campus.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
No status history was supplied in this edition.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Maricopa County supervisors approve controversial data center · ABC15
- Project Baccara - official project site · Takanock, LLC
- Arizona Corporation Commission February 4, 2026 Open Meeting Highlights — Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for Project Baccara · Arizona Corporation Commission
- Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Hearing Agenda, May 6, 2026 — case MCP250007, Project Baccara Military Compatibility Permit · Maricopa County
- 2 Data Center Projects Advancing in Metro Phoenix · AZBEX
- Certificate of Environmental Compatibility application, Baccara Power LLC (ACC docket L-21369A-25-0222-00253) — APS-owned substation interconnecting at 230 kV; 'closed loop chiller system which, once filled, will reuse water without the need for refilling'; '~100 permanent well-paying jobs'
- Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Notice of Public Hearing and Public Comment, Proposed Permit No. P0013417, Takanock Baccara LLC — facility address "NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave, Waddell, AZ 85355"
- Massive data center approved near Luke Air Force Base despite opposition · Arizona's Family (AZFamily)
- 'Very disappointed': Maricopa County supervisors approve controversial data center · ABC15 Arizona
- Controversial Surprise data center clears environmental review · Water Education Foundation (Aquafornia)
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID takanock-project-baccara-maricopa-county-az. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001424
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- AZ · Maricopa (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Takanock, LLC
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 160 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 700 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Arizona Public Service (APS)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: On-site gas
Provider label.
- On-site generation: 700 MW (source-reported)
On-site figures often describe backup generators rather than primary supply; read the provider energy note.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $36 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 100 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-23
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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