Jon Gillespie, land use attorney at Rose Law Group: “This Goldwater article provides an excellent description for the lay of the land with regards to data centers and provides a perspective that cities are not fully considering. Today’s society is reliant on data centers to a degree that many just don’t realize. And the opportunity for immediate economic impact, building out long term …
Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose, who represents many data center developers, tells RLGR: “As data centers have evolved to now use very little water, and with the potential for them to supply their own electricity, their impacts on a community have been mitigated. Arizona is solving the concerns of water use and electricity pricing and remains a welcoming place for data …
“Arizona is attracting the world’s most innovative companies right now — pulling the rug out from their data storage facilities which are necessary to attract this caliber of job creators will have real negative economic development consequences.” –Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group By Reagan Priest | State Affair Tax incentives for data center operators could be on the …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a variety of data center developers and hyperscalers.) By Jorge Ramos | Phoenix Business Journal The city of Phoenix could soon become the latest city in the Valley to create guidelines to regulate data center developments, but the decision will have to wait until next month. Proposed amendments to both the general plan and zoning rules were …
“The data center and AI industries need to figure out a way to continue to grow, given our current power production constraints and Sam Altman has a real motivation to solve that. His brilliance can only help accelerate progress for the entire industry,” said Jordan Rose, Founder and President of Rose Law Group, who works on data center projects. By …
Rendering courtesy of Vantage Data Centers By AZ Big Media Court Rich, co-founder of Rose Law Group and director of the firm’s Regulatory and Renewable Energy Department, says that data centers are “probably doing more to help the proliferation of renewable energy than any other sector.” “Almost every data center user,” he continues, “is demanding that they be served by …
Saint Solar Energy Storage II Unveiling Courtesy of NextEra Energy Resources. SRP and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC have officially commissioned a 100-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system to store the energy produced by the operating Saint Solar Energy Center in Coolidge, Arizona. (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Google.) Rose Law Group Co-Founder and Director of Renewable Energy, Court Rich, represented …
(Via City of Chandler) By Ron Davis | Phoenix Business Journal Chandler City Council approved ordinances Monday for a new provisions on data center development and a new downtown mixed-use development. Council unanimously voted to collectively approve adoption of a zoning code amendment for the location and operation of data centers and a rezoning and preliminary development plan for The District Downtown on its consent agenda, which included other ordinances. Read the full subscription story from …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Aligned Data Centers.) By Ron Davis | Phoenix Business Journal After hearing from a data center developer’s lawyer, Chandler City Council postponed action until next month on an ordinance that would add noise and other requirements for data centers within the city. The decision came after Cameron Carter, an attorney with Rose Law Group who …
By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal Microsoft Corp. executives first began exploring the Phoenix area for its three data centers in April 2013 when APS executives flew them around in a helicopter to see the lay of the land. The tech giant’s project was originally called Project Wildcat, and no one could mention the M word due to nondisclosure agreements, …
