Source-backed project record · AZ

Fortescue site rezoning (Ordinance 04-26)

This canonical record consolidates 3 source-backed observations without discarding aliases, limitations or unresolved dimensions.

proposed_or_reviewproject status

CORROBORATEDbest evidence tier

3linked evidence rows

Project facts

Location and operating record

Operator / developer	Not established in current evidence
Jurisdiction	Maricopa County / Buckeye, AZ
Address	85 and Patterson Road
Location precision	street address
Coordinates	null, null
Capacity	Not established
Aliases	Fortescue site rezoning · Fortescue site rezoning (Ordinance 04-26)

Evidence coverage

What has been researched

Project profile	3 rows
Intent / permits	0 rows
Civic / infrastructure	0 rows

EXACT LOCATION / OWNERSHIP CHAIN

Fortescue site rezoning (Ordinance 04-26): exact location / ownership chain

CORROBORATED

Ordinance 04-26 amends Ordinance 18-23 for roughly 157–158 acres west of State Route 85 and Patterson Road (within an overall 920+ acre site), removing the hydrogen-only stipulation to permit broader I-2 heavy industrial use under case PLCM25107. The site owner is Fortescue Future Industries (Australia-based); the property was bought in 2022 by an entity of the now-bankrupt Nikola Corporation with partner TC Energy.

Key data: ~157–158 ac of a 920+ ac site, west of SR-85 and Patterson Road; case PLCM25107; owner Fortescue Future Industries

Limitation: Ordinance number and city planner name from https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7995557/ ; the ordinance PDF itself was not retrieved. No APN.

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POWER SUPPLIER / SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Fortescue site rezoning (Ordinance 04-26): power supplier / surrounding infrastructure

CORROBORATED

AZBEX reports the applicant has an active site plan in review for an **Arizona Public Service (APS) substation** on the subject property, and that the eventual development is likely to include a data center campus which the substation will primarily serve.

Key data: APS substation site plan under review on the property; "likely to include a data center campus, which is what the substation will primarily serve"

Limitation: No interconnection agreement or capacity figure; as of the staff report no data center plans had been submitted.

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JURISDICTION STACK / PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Fortescue site rezoning (Ordinance 04-26): jurisdiction stack / planning zoning contact

CORROBORATED

Review runs through Buckeye Planning staff and the Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission to City Council; any future data center still requires a conditional use permit, P&Z review and administrative site plan approval. City planner on the case is Joseph Miller.

Key data: Buckeye P&Z Commission → City Council; future data center needs CUP + P&Z review + admin site plan; city planner **Joseph Miller**

Limitation: Meeting-transcription source; planner contact details not published.

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Sources

Evidence and provenance

AZBEX (Arizona Builder's Exchange) ↗ · CORROBORATED
Limitation: Ordinance number and city planner name from https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7995557/ ; the ordinance PDF itself was not retrieved. No APN.
CitizenPortal.ai (Buckeye meeting record) ↗ · CORROBORATED
Limitation: Meeting-transcription source; planner contact details not published.

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