County proposal for ‘Project Baccara’ would place two data centers and 700‑MW gas plant half‑mile south of Surprise city limits

Lloyd, a city staff member, told the Surprise City Council the Project Baccara proposal lies about a half mile south of the Surprise city limits near Bullard and Olive and would include two two‑story data center buildings totaling about a million square feet and an 18‑unit natural‑gas combustion turbine generation facility totaling about 700 megawatts.

Council members and staff said the project is in Maricopa County’s review process and that county planners had been asked to require an array of technical studies and permits before project hearings: air‑quality and noise studies, a hydrology/well‑impact analysis, subsidence/ground‑fissure review, transportation impact fees and an emergency‑response coordination plan. Lloyd said the applicant also seeks a county military‑use permit, a variance to county…