Amazon Data Services acquired 220 acres near Loop 202 and W Dobbins Rd in Laveen (southwest Phoenix) for $277M ($1.2M/acre), closed Dec 2024. Seller: IDM Cos., which had assembled the site from the Smith Trust (70 ac) and Williams Family Trust (148 ac). The parcel sits in the South Mountain / Loop 202 tech corridor the city is courting for advanced manufacturing; TSMC once eyed it.
Power
- Electric utility: SRP (Salt River Project), the public power district serving Laveen. Not APS, and not ACC rate-regulated (SRP is governed by its own elected board; the ACC only sits as the line-siting authority for its transmission).
- SRP is building the South Mountain Transmission (SMT) Project to serve this corridor: a new 500/230/69 kV substation in Laveen tapping the Anderson-Orme 230 kV line, roughly 2-3 miles of new double-circuit 230 kV, and under a mile of new 500 kV. Existing Laveen load is served off the 69 kV Cheatham substation, which lacks capacity.
- The SMT project provides 1,200 MW of load-serving capability for the corridor and is routed near the "future large load" (the hyperscale anchor). The ACC granted the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility on 2025-01-15.
- SMT schedule: engineering 2025, construction 2026, in-service ~2027. No RTO (WECC); SRP is its own balancing authority.
Status (2026-07)
- Land acquired Dec 2024; Amazon calls it a "potential" campus. No rezoning, permits, or building plans announced.