eX² Technology joined Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Yuma County leaders, and community members on November 12, as part of the three-day 2025 Yuma Desert Difference event hosted by the University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, to celebrate the commemoration of an AgTech Wireless Tower Network in Yuma County.
This milestone marks the launch of a wireless network dedicated to agriculture, designed to deliver field-level connectivity that enables the next wave of precision farming and water conservation technologies. This next-generation wireless infrastructure project will give farms in all six of Yuma County’s irrigation districts access to field-level broadband services.
Why It Matters
Yuma County is in the top 0.1% of U.S. counties in agricultural production, with agriculture contributing $3.2 billion annually to the County. The infrastructure is designed to empower farmers with reliable, scalable wireless services that support AI-powered machinery, IoT sensors, drones, GIS mapping, irrigation automation and autonomous farm vehicles.
Arizona Governor Hobbs
Governor Hobbs joined the celebration by signing two agricultural bills: one recognizing autonomous farm vehicles as instruments of husbandry, and another establishing a Broadband Service District Authority to oversee the ag-focused broadband system.
“No where is the advancement of technology and agriculture more evident than here in Yuma,” said Governor Hobbs. “With the Yuma County middle-mile project and the broadband towers that we helped fund, we’re establishing a high-capacity broadband backbone making game-changing impact that supports real-time data collection, autonomous equipment and remote sensing for next-generation farming. These projects are expected to be fully operational by next year, and I’m so excited to see how it will transform lives and livelihoods.”
The project is being funded by a $6 million State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant awarded to Yuma County by the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
“We are honored to partner with Yuma County to build a dedicated network infrastructure that connects growers with the tools they need to lead the country in agriculture innovation,” said Christopher Rabii, President & CEO of Vivacity Infrastructure Group.
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