Project Blue
Community-benefit memorandum
Pima County, Arizona
Project Blue is a proposed data center development in Pima County’s Southeast Employment and Logistics Center. The county approved a community-benefit memorandum covering cooling, renewable energy and donations tied to completed phases.
- Project party
- Humphrey’s Peak Properties LLC (Beale Infrastructure)
What’s included
Water
The memorandum calls for air cooling with closed-loop recirculation and an approved source for domestic water.
Compare water termsPower & infrastructure
Renewable-energy matching requires commercially reasonable efforts and annual verification. Utility or regulatory conflicts can limit the obligation; its remedies are consultation, a corrective plan and nonbinding mediation rather than damages or specific performance.
Compare power & infrastructure termsPublic revenue & benefits
The memorandum provides $15 million across completed phases: $5 million for STEM and trade-school support and $10 million for later community initiatives. Payments depend on occupancy; undeveloped portions do not trigger payments. Recipient choices remain with the developer.
Compare public revenue & benefits termsJobs & local opportunity
The jobs, investment and tax figures are expressly described as projections rather than minimum commitments.
Compare jobs & local opportunity termsAbout this document
Approved; public copy county signature blank.
- Document
- Community-benefit memorandum
- Published by
- pima.legistar.com
- Parties
- Humphrey’s Peak Properties LLC (Beale Infrastructure)
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
- Still needed
- County-signed counterpart, donation agreements, occupancy milestones and renewable reports.