Arizona AIFortescue Buckeye Data Center
Proposed data center in State Route 85 and Patterson Road, Buckeye. Being developed by Fortescue.
This is a proposed or under-construction project. It is not operating capacity, and announced projects do sometimes change scope or fail to proceed.
- Land: 158 acres
Working here
Per-facility headcount is not published here: no reliable public figures exist for these sites, and construction announcements are not permanent employment. Fortescue is developing this site rather than operating it, so any long-term operator has not been established here.
How we know this
Compiled from public records and checked on 2026-10-07. Confidence in this record: high. Blank figures mean the number is not publicly established, not that it is zero.
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Status: Proposed
- [1] KJZZ, This Buckeye land was once planned as a hydrogen gas plant. Now it could be a data center (March 4, 2026):
Fortescue indicated in its application to city staff that a data center campus will eventually be built there.
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
If the Buckeye City Council approves the request, the applicant, Phoenix Hydrogen Hub LLC, a Fortescue subsidiary, would be able to build a data center.
On February 10, the Buckeye Area and Planning Commission voted to recommend the approval of a request to modify the zoning
- [1] KJZZ, This Buckeye land was once planned as a hydrogen gas plant. Now it could be a data center (March 4, 2026):
Land: 158 acres
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
a request to modify the zoning of a 158 acre land parcel
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
Location: State Route 85 and Patterson Road, Buckeye
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
a request to modify the zoning of a 158 acre land parcel at the northwest corner of State Route 85 and Patterson Road.
On February 10, the Buckeye Area and Planning Commission voted to recommend the approval of a request to modify the zoning
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
Buckeye's planning commission recommended rezoning 158 acres at State Route 85 and Patterson Road in February 2026.
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
On February 10, the Buckeye Area and Planning Commission voted to recommend the approval of a request to modify the zoning
a request to modify the zoning of a 158 acre land parcel at the northwest corner of State Route 85 and Patterson Road.
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
As of February 2026, City Council approval was still required.
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
If the Buckeye City Council approves the request, the applicant, Phoenix Hydrogen Hub LLC, a Fortescue subsidiary, would be able to build a data center.
- [2] Data Center Dynamics, Australia's Fortescue could get zoning permission for potential data center near Phoenix, Arizona (February 12, 2026):
Our own notes
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Capacity has not been disclosed.