ARIZONA

FARMED

67K

Number of public EV charging ports as of Sep. 2026 in California.

19K

Number of public EV charging ports as of Sep. 2026 in AZ, NV, UT, CO, and NM combined. (Colorado has over 7,700 of the 19K). Stats from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) here.

The sixth-largest state by area, Arizona holds vast potential to play a major role in utilizing rural ingenuity and acreage to further empower America and make our country more secure.

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America needs dispersed data centers, more power, energy storage, broadband, and EV charging stations on rural roadways between population centers.

Download the paper prepared by Farmed to learn about the feasibility of accomplishing this in a responsible way that does not encroach upon where Arizonans live.

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About Farmed

Farmed is part of a coalition including the Rural National Defense Initiative, Gridvocate, and DC Frog (Data Center Frog) existing to advance new rural economic development in America.

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Arizonans in communities throughout the state can take action by engaging their local governments to "build new infrastructure the right way" — away from communities and homes. Farmed is here to help.

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Yes, and Yes

Can a large data center be built away from water resources and be independently powered?

Farmed Staff

Aug 121 min read

R.N.D.I. Partner Video

Open and watch the 30-second RNDI video.

Farmed Staff

Mar 3, 20251 min read

Arizona Agrivoltaics: Success With Skepticism

From scale-neutral to scale-specific: rethinking agrivoltaics through small farmers' rationalities

Sourced News

Jul 141 min read

Graham Co., AZ High Speed Internet

High-speed internet is coming to Graham County with new broadband infrastructure.

Sourced News

Jun 131 min read

Arizona Energy Future Report

Arizona Governor's Office of Resiliency & Institute for Rural Collaboration Release Report to Help Local Communities Advance Energy Future

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Jun 11 min read

Data Centers Going Rural

Nearly 40% of Americans now live within 5 miles of a data center.

Sourced News

Apr 132 min read

Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base

Can the energy infrastructure serving the U.S. defense industrial base sustain production under mobilization?

Sourced News

Mar 171 min read

Agrivoltaics Delivers

Agrivoltaics: How combining solar panels and farming delivers big benefits.

Sourced News

Mar 21 min read

AZ Large Water Uses

[C]ontext on Arizona’s evolving economy, clarifies misconceptions about high‑tech water demand.

Sourced News

Feb 31 min read

'Data Center Alley' Raises Infrastructure Concerns

The concentration of more than 143 data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County is creating unprecedented demands on the nation's power grid and raising questions about infrastructure resilience.

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Sep 16, 20251 min read

Water Infrastructure and Natural Disasters

[R]ural, low-income, and other vulnerable communities struggle to get access to [government] funding.

Sourced News

Aug 11, 20251 min read

Misplaced Data

Data center development has run amok. The area in Northern Virginia known as "Data Center Alley," for example, is the largest cluster of data centers in the world. That's a problem.

Farmed Staff

Jul 8, 20252 min read

DHS: AI in Critical Infrastructure

A set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Sourced News

Nov 14, 20241 min read

Investing in Rural America

Read how the U.S. Department of Transportation implemented billions of dollars in 2004 to build rural infrastructure.

Sourced News

Jul 1, 20241 min read

Using the Sun: Agrivoltaics

‘Planting’ solar panels on agricultural lands may prevent crop loss and generate clean energy.

Sourced News

Apr 25, 20244 min read

Farming For Crops — and For Solar Power

Farming for solar power can be an additional money-maker.

Sourced News

Sep 12, 20222 min read

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