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Davis-Monthan AFB Data Center

Davis-Monthan AFB Data Center is a proposed data center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, on land the U.S. Air Force would lease to private companies to develop and operate.

Proposed data center in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Operated by US Government.

Where it stands

The data center remains proposed: AZFamily reported on October 30, 2026, that Davis-Monthan was among five bases where the Air Force proposed data centers. The Air Force sought proposals in October 2025 to lease 300 acres at the base, with private lessees responsible for developing and operating the centers. Tucson commission minutes from March 11, 2026, reported no data center development awards at Davis-Monthan at that time. The earlier March 2025 information request was information gathering and would not itself result in a contract.

The short version

Has a developer been chosen?

  • Minutes of the Tucson Commission on Climate, Energy and Sustainability for March 11, 2026 report no data center development awards to date at Davis-Monthan.
  • The commission's draft minutes of July 9, 2026 record its chair saying the request for information issued by Davis-Monthan for a data center is inactive and does not appear to have had any submissions. These are a city advisory commission's draft minutes, not an Air Force statement.
  • Arizona's Family reported on October 30, 2026 that the plan is taking shape, with the Air Force proposing data centers on five of its bases, including Davis-Monthan.

What is the Air Force offering?

  • KOLD 13 News reported in October 2025 that the Air Force was requesting proposals to lease 300 acres at the base that it considers underutilized. Data Center Dynamics reported that an earlier March 2025 request for information was merely information gathering and would not result in a contract.
  • The Air Force said on December 8, 2025 that the data centers will be owned by private entities selected from a competitive process and will primarily support commercial use.
  • Arizona's Family reported that the leases at the proposed bases would run 50 years under a federal statute that allows the lease of underutilized military land to promote national defense.
  • The Air Force said National Environmental Policy Act requirements will be assessed once it approves the selected applicant's preliminary scope of work as sufficiently developed, and before lease closing.

How large would a project need to be?

  • The Air Force said phased projects will be considered as long as they are structured to reach or surpass 100 MW of capacity in a reasonable timeframe. That is a minimum for proposals, not the size of any planned project.
  • AZBEX reported in October 2025 that proposals must carry a valuation of at least $500 million and proposed facilities must exceed 100 MW of power.

Where does the base get its water now?

  • AZBEX reported in October 2025 that, currently, the City of Tucson does not provide the base with any potable or reclaimed water and the base operates its own wells. That describes the base's present supply, not a source named for a data center.

Timeline

  1. : The U.S. government issues a request for information about a data center at an Air Force base in Arizona; it says the request will not itself lead to a contract. Source: Data Center Dynamics, US Gov't assesses interest in a 500MW+ data center at Air Force Base in Arizona
  2. : The Air Force requests proposals to lease 300 acres at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base that it considers underutilized. Source: KOLD 13 News, Data center possible at Davis-Monthan
  3. : Draft minutes of a Tucson city commission record its chair saying the Davis-Monthan data center request for information is inactive and does not appear to have had any submissions. Source: City of Tucson Commission on Climate, Energy and Sustainability, Meeting Minutes, Thursday, July 9, 2026 (draft)

Working here

Per-facility headcount is not published here: no reliable public figures exist for these sites, and construction announcements are not permanent employment. Open Arizona roles at this operator, where there are any, are listed on the operator's company page.

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How we know this

Compiled from public records and checked on 2026-11-13. Confidence in this record: medium. Blank figures mean the number is not publicly established, not that it is zero.

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