Z Squared said on October 30, 2026, that it has begun site planning and preliminary engineering at its Union County Campus in El Dorado, Arkansas. The company engaged A2 Advisors to help design construction phases, coordinate vendors and pursue tenants for an AI-ready data-center expansion. The property has approximately 8 megawatts of existing utility service, while its longer-term ambition reaches up to 150 MW.

The important distinction is that the larger capacity is not contracted, energized or delivered. The existing 8 MW connection is an interruptible utility arrangement, not evidence that 8 MW of AI servers are operating. Z Squared’s October 30 announcement explicitly conditions expansion on more power arrangements, permits, financing, construction and tenant commitments.

Existing service is not completed AI capacity

Z Squared acquired Paradox Data, owner of the site, in a transaction that closed September 8. Its September disclosure filed with the SEC describes the grid connection. Earlier transaction documents identify existing infrastructure for immersion-cooled computing, although no verified AI tenant deployment or hardware occupancy was established by the October update.

Engineers now need to turn the initial connection into a practical campus plan. That means specifying rack loads, electrical distribution, cooling systems, building footprints and phased construction before capacity can be marketed as ready for tenants. As our data-center capacity-planning reference explains, available utility power is not the same as usable IT load after conversion losses, redundancy and cooling demands.

The chart compares the company’s existing electrical service with its future target. It is not a construction-progress chart: 150 MW remains a goal, and the two figures do not establish energized data-center floor space.

Planning for tenants and thermal systems

A2 Advisors will work on site layouts, technical partner coordination and leasing strategy. Z Squared says it has heard from prospective tenants about requirements for new AI hardware, but it disclosed no definitive lease in the release. A site plan is therefore an engineering and commercial milestone, not a commissioning announcement.

The project is separate from the larger Arkansas campuses featured in BitcoinVersus.Tech’s state data-center ranking and from Entergy’s Google-related battery filing. Neither proves power availability for this property.

The next proof points are signed utility service, approved site plans, funded equipment orders, binding leases and commissioned compute capacity. Until then, the Arkansas campus is an energized starting point with an ambitious expansion proposal—not a completed 150 MW AI facility.

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