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EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona · All 4 EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure sites
EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus is an operating data center in Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County), operated by EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure. The public record puts it at announced January 2022, 450 MW planned, 84 acres. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ
- Coordinates
- 33.3750, -111.6497
- Power capacity
- 206 MW operating; 450 MW planned
- Land
- 84 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- January 2022
- Utility
- Salt River Project (SRP)
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- air
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- 2026OperatingCampus returned to fully-operational status after the 2025 expansion phase: EdgeCore states it has "worked quickly to construct and commission 206 MW at the site" of a campus now planned for over 450 MW. The 206 MW is cumulative commissioned capacity across phases (the first building has been operational since 2023), not a single phase; remaining expansion buildings are still under construction. Source: AZ Big Media
- May 2025Under construction43.87-acre expansion adds three buildings, raising planned total to 450MW and 3.1M sq ft; PH02 topped out December 2024, expected fully operational 2026 Source: EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
- January 2023OperatingInitial campus operational; first $150M, 180,000 sq ft building serving hyperscale AI and cloud clients
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 8, 2026. EdgeCore's Mesa campus (Elliot Road Technology Corridor) has operated since 2023 and expanded without documented project-specific opposition; the CEO framed Greater Phoenix as 'the AI center of the West.' Broader metro-Phoenix water and power scrutiny applies at the sector level.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
EdgeCore's Mesa campus (Elliot Road Technology Corridor) has operated since 2023 and expanded without documented project-specific opposition; the CEO framed Greater Phoenix as 'the AI center of the West.' Broader metro-Phoenix water and power scrutiny applies at the sector level.
Power and water
Air-cooled closed-loop chilled water system; direct-to-chip liquid cooling available for high-density AI racks
Air-cooled design requires no water recharge; closed-loop chilled water system
Notes on the record
Elliot Road Technology Corridor, Mesa. CEO stated 'Greater Phoenix is fast becoming the AI center of the West.' Expansion land purchase adds 43.87 acres to 40-acre original site. EdgeCore raised $2B equity and $2B debt in 2024. Coordinates approximate for Elliot Road corridor. Arizona's data-center sales/use-tax exemption (A.R.S. Sec. 41-1519) applies by statute, but no campus-specific certified award was publicly verifiable (eligibility != confirmed award); the $150M cited is first-building capex and the $2B equity + $2B debt EdgeCore raised in 2024 is corporate financing, not Mesa-campus capex.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Novva Mesa Data Center Campus · Mesa · Novva Data Centers1 mi · Under construction · 300 MW
- EdgeConneX Mesa Campus (PHX11 / 3302 S Hawes Rd) · Mesa · EdgeConneX2 mi · Under construction
- Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus · Mesa · Google2 mi · Operating · 400 MW · Supported
- NTT Phoenix PH1 Data Center · Mesa · NTT Global Data Centers3 mi · Operating · 36 MW
- Meta Mesa Data Center · Mesa · Meta3 mi · Operating · 50 MW
- Apple Mesa Data Center (Global Command Center) · Mesa · Apple3 mi · Operating
- NTT Global Data Centers Mesa, Pacific Proving Technology Park · Mesa · NTT Global Data Centers5 mi · Proposed · 360 MW · Contested
- Centersquare PHX3 · Mesa · Centersquare (Cyxtera/Evoque)12 mi · Operating · 17.3 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus in Mesa?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 8, 2026. EdgeCore's Mesa campus (Elliot Road Technology Corridor) has operated since 2023 and expanded without documented project-specific opposition; the CEO framed Greater Phoenix as 'the AI center of the West.' Broader metro-Phoenix water and power scrutiny applies at the sector level.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 8, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as air, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 450 MW. The site is recorded at 84 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "EdgeCore Mesa Data Center Campus," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/edgecore-mesa-az.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/edgecore-mesa-az, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.EdgeCore Announces Metro Phoenix Expansion to 450MW · EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.EdgeCore expands Mesa data center campus in Arizona · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.EdgeCore expands Mesa data center campus to over 450 MW · AZ Big Media · retrieved August 8, 2026
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