# Arizona AG Seeks Data Center Moratorium

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is advocating a moratorium on new data centers, stronger groundwater protections, and requiring technology companies to pay for power infrastructure serving their facilities. Potential state legislation, utility rate cases, and water-related litigation could affect the cost, schedule, and feasibility of data center projects in Arizona. The signal identifies no solicitation or active contract opportunity.

- Data center developers, utilities, and infrastructure contractors should evaluate exposure to potential limits on new facilities, groundwater protections, and shifts in responsibility for electricity infrastructure costs.
- Arizona’s legislative, utility-rate, and litigation processes are potential channels for these changes; the signal does not establish new binding requirements.
- Procurement teams planning Arizona projects can account for water availability and power-infrastructure cost allocation in project assumptions and risk assessments.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 26, 2026

### Government Entities
- Arizona Attorney General's Office
- Arizona State Legislature
- Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
- Office of the Governor of Arizona

### Vendors
- Arizona Public Service (APS) ()
- Tucson Electric Power ()
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) ()

### Key Quotes
> There should be not one single power plant transmission line, substation, or distribution line that is subsidized by consumers, and those should be paid for by the out-of-state billionaires that are bringing the data centers into Arizona.
> — Kris Mayes, Arizona Attorney General

### Sources
- [‘We don’t need 50 more data centers.’ Arizona AG declares war on AI. - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/26/data-center-arizona-election-attorney-general-water-kris-mayes-01134827) - Politico