By Karen Schutte | Real Estate Daily News
Buckeye is quickly becoming one of Arizona’s most closely watched data center markets, with multiple large-scale projects positioning the West Valley city as a future hub for artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure.
The largest known project is Tract’s Buckeye Technology Park, a master-planned data center campus on the west side of Buckeye near the Palo Verde nuclear power plant and the I-10 corridor. Tract acquired approximately 2,069 acres in 2024 for what the company said could become one of the largest data center parks in the United States. At full buildout, the project could include up to 20 million square feet of data center space across as many as 40 individual data centers. Tract said it is working with the local utility on long-term power infrastructure plans that could support up to 1.8 gigawatts.
The project reflects a major shift in how Arizona’s growth corridors are being evaluated. Buckeye has long been associated with master-planned housing, logistics, and population growth. Now, large land positions, power access, fiber connectivity, and proximity to regional infrastructure are making the West Valley a target for hyperscale technology campuses
