Scottsdale Developer Scraps Plans For A Phoenix Data Center
Scottsdale-based developer Vintage Partners has scrapped its plans for a data center in greater Phoenix, opting instead to use the same site for a huge mixed-use project, according to the Phoenix Business Journal.
Early work had already begun on the 63-acre site in the Phoenix urban village of Laveen at the southwest corner of Lower Buckeye Road and Loop 202. The location already featured the required transmission lines and electric substation to partly power a proposed data center.
However, Vintage ultimately pivoted away from the project at the request of the city of Phoenix. In July 2025, the city changed its noise limit rules and data center regulations, and there was some concern that the proposed project wouldn’t be possible under the new rules.
Utilities provider Salt River Project also changed its process for how to order customers requesting power, “clustering” users and having them collectively fund grid updates. Vintage officials expressed concern that this new process would drive up costs on a data center project.
Vintage filed for a Proposition 207 waiver in late 2025 to be compensated for the property’s loss in value following Phoenix's shift in land use regulations, but the city asked the developer to drop the claim and instead utilize the same site for a different project.
The initial plan for the Laveen site would have been Vintage’s first foray into data center development.
Vintage now reportedly plans to develop a mixed-use project on 22 acres with commercial, retail and restaurant space. The remainder of the land will be used for multifamily and residential space of up to 1,000 units or for industrial use.
Development of the project is planned to take place in multiple phases.
The planned retail and commercial portion would sit on the northern end of the property bound by 63rd Avenue, Lower Buckeye Road and Loop 202, according to AZBEX.
The development will go through city planning committees and the city council for approval.
Vintage originally purchased the site from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Vintage has long had a presence in metro Phoenix, revitalizing the city’s Uptown Plaza and converting two office buildings into a hotel. Next, the developer plans to complete an affordable housing project in Flagstaff.
