PHOENIX – Arizona Public Service (APS) revealed plans Thursday for a natural gas power plant to help meet the growing demand for energy from data centers without denting other customers’ wallets.

The Desert Sun Power Plant will be capable of adding up to 2,000 megawatts to the grid, enough to power 3,000 homes, APS said.

“It’s designed in a way that it will not impact residential rates,” Jacob Tetlow, the utility company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show.

How will data centers pay for part of Desert Sun Power Plant?

The project west of Gila Bend will consist of two phases, the first of which will support the increasing demand from existing and future residential and commercial customers.

Phase 2, meanwhile, will pr

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