Data Center Registry

Project Midway Data Center

Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona

ProposedContestedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Project Midway Data Center is a proposed data center in Casa Grande, Arizona (Pinal County), operated by LPI Group. The public record puts it at announced November 19, 2025, 400 MW planned, 215 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: LPI Group
Facility type: Data center
Location: Casa Grande, Pinal County, AZ
Coordinates: 32.8400, -111.7900 (approximate)
Power capacity: 400 MW planned
Land: 215 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: November 19, 2025
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

November 19, 2025
Proposed
Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the comprehensive plan amendment changing 215 acres from Moderate Low Density Residential to Employment. Rezoning approval is still required before construction. Source: Pinal Post

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Project Midway Data Center in Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Hidden Valley residents raised concerns about falling water tables and deeper well drilling, with one resident saying 'There needs to be a cap on the water, if any water is used.' A June 2026 opposition letter from a nearby homeowner linked a well pump burnout to lowered groundwater.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Hidden Valley residents raised concerns about falling water tables and deeper well drilling, with one resident saying 'There needs to be a cap on the water, if any water is used.' A June 2026 opposition letter from a nearby homeowner linked a well pump burnout to lowered groundwater. The county's staff recommendation carries 21 PAD stipulations responding to resident concerns, including an air-cooled or closed-loop cooling requirement, a landscaped berm and decibel limits with restricted generator-testing hours. The rezoning and PAD cases were postponed at the 16 July 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing.

Source: Pinal Post

Notes on the record

Unincorporated Pinal County at the southwest corner of Selma Highway and Midway Road, roughly two miles south of the Casa Grande city limits but inside its planning area. The applicant projects about 225 permanent jobs at an average salary near $93,000 and $150 million in annual utility spend at full build-out. Reported acreage differs between sources (215 acres in the Pinal Post account, 294 acres in a same-day Pinal Central report); the 215-acre figure matches the comprehensive plan amendment as described. A Pinal Post report of 15 July 2026 says the current conceptual plan assigns approximately 400 megawatts across five buildings, about 80 megawatts each. The November 2025 economic impact study that projected a $6.6 billion capital investment and about 225 permanent jobs was based on a 225-megawatt facility, not the current plan of about 400 megawatts, and a separate supporting document in the application packet projects up to 405 people at full operating levels. As of October 2026, no investment figure or permanent job count is recorded, because the published figures are modeled projections for a 225-megawatt facility or an upper limit ("up to").

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Southwest Crossing Data Park · Eloy · Ryan Companies US, Inc.12 mi · Proposed · 400 MW
Arizona Independent Technology Campus · Zinke Investments LLC14 mi · Proposed
La Osa Data Center Park · Eloy · Vermaland LLC15 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
Energy Generation and Technology Campus · Maricopa · W Holdings16 mi · Proposed · Opposed
Dobson Farms East · Florence · EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure27 mi · Permitted · 720 MW
Florence Tech Park · Florence · Ryan Companies US, Inc.28 mi · Permitted

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Midway Data Center in Casa Grande?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Midway Data Center?

No lawsuit over Project Midway Data Center appears in the record we track as of October 28, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Project Midway Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Midway Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Project Midway Data Center, and how big is it?

LPI Group is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 400 MW. The site is recorded at 215 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Midway Data Center," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lpi-group-project-midway-casa-grande-az.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/lpi-group-project-midway-casa-grande-az, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Project Midway Data Center Approved by Pinal County Supervisors · Pinal Post · retrieved September 10, 2026
2.Data Center Hearing: Project Midway Rezoning Set for July 16 · Pinal Post · retrieved September 10, 2026

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