Diode Ventures has been given the green light by local officials for a data center campus outside Boise, Idaho.
As reported by IdahoNews6 and BoiseDev, the Kuna City Council last week voted 3-2 in favor of the proposed Gemstone Technology Park, with Mayor Joe Stear casting the tie-breaking vote in favor of the project. The development had been recommended for approval by city staff and the Kuna planning and zoning commission.
Diode is planning to develop a 620-acre campus near Locust Grove and Barker Roads in Kuna.
The undeveloped land, at 3250 S. Locust Grove Road, could see up to five buildings developed on the campus. Further details have not been not shared.
“We appreciate the Kuna City Council’s confidence in our ability to be good stewards of the land for sustainable growth in Kuna. As we demonstrated throughout the process to date, we are proud to be community partners in Kuna,” Diode told the local press in a statement. “We also appreciate community feedback and will work with City staff and ACHD to satisfy our commitments to address concerns around traffic and landscape, as we navigate through [the] next steps in the process.”
References to the Gemstone Park surfaced in Kuna City documents back in July 2024. According to Kuna Economic Development Director Morgan Treasure, Diode approached the city about the project in the fall of 2023.
Black & Veatch subsidiary Diode Ventures has developed several data center parks around Kansas City and is planning more in the area. It also recently filed plans to develop a campus outside Richmond, Virginia. Meta and Google are customers in the company’s completed parks.
Meta is developing a large campus in the area, some 6 miles east of Diode’s project. The company announced plans for a new data center campus in Kuna in Ada County in early 2022.
