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Commission approves 40-acre Parker Ranch solar and small data center with conditions; vote 5-3
Summary
The commission voted 5-3 to approve SU-25-27, allowing a 40‑acre solar installation and a small data center proposed by Luis and Maria Musa, subject to standard permitting, an emergency response plan, anti-reflective panels, minimum row spacing, animal‑permeable fencing, and requirements to coordinate grid interconnection and mitigation for dust,|
The Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 8 recommended approval of SU-25-27, a special-use authorization to allow a solar energy facility and a small data center on about 40 acres of RU-4 land near Parker Ranch Road east of Wilcox. The motion passed 5–3.
Planner Mister Taylor described the proposal as a roughly 40‑acre solar array with six blocks of PV panels, a warehouse/equipment yard and a roughly 1,000–1,200 square‑foot building to house a small data center. Staff said the applicant’s feasibility work estimated up to about 15.5 megawatts of generation from the 40‑acre array, that the site is surrounded by 40‑acre RU‑4 parcels, and that postcard notice elicited one written response in favor.
Applicant Luis Musa…
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