Today’s News 8-8-2025

A private developer is preparing a 3,300-acre site in Pinal County for what could become Arizona’s largest data centre complex, as surging demand for AI and cloud infrastructure drives record investment in US capacity. One of Arizona’s largest private landowners, Vermaland, is planning a data centre project near Eloy that would be the state’s largest to date, with an estimated development cost of US$33 billion. The facility is expected to support up to three…»

The Planning Commission gave the final entitlement approval for The Ranch, a $1 billion mixed-use development in the heart of Gilbert, on Wednesday. Now, planning and construction work on The Ranch can begin. The 295-acre development will be situated along Power Road between Warner and Elliot roads. Once completed, The Ranch will be Gilbert’s largest mixed-use development. “This entitlement approval marks a turning point not just for…»

Apple Inc. plans to invest billions of dollars into Amkor Technology Inc.’s advanced packaging facility to be built in Peoria as part of a larger $100 billion commitment announced by the California-based tech giant Wednesday to boost its manufacturing in the United States. Apple’s $100 billion investment will support a new American Manufacturing Program intended to strengthen the company’s supply chain and advanced manufacturing operations in the U.S…»

Applied Materials announced it will bolster the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain in the U.S. with plans to invest more than $200 million in Arizona to create a new advanced manufacturing facility in Chandler, which will produce semiconductor equipment components and parts. The facility could support the creation of potentially 200 additional manufacturing, R&D and services jobs in the semiconductor field over a five-year period. “For nearly 60 years…»

Sometimes the general public is scarcely aware of the biggest stories breaking in their own backyard. That is happening this week, as Arizona plants a stake in the future, declaring to the world that we will be a player in the modern economy. If you are going to seriously compete in tomorrow’s economy, you are going to need energy and lots of it. The world is on the cusp of what many say is the next industrial revolution, and the electricity needed to power breakthroughs…»