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Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus

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OperatingSupportedAI confirmedRecord updated August 31, 2026

Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus is an operating data center in Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced January 2019, 400 MW planned, 187 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ
Coordinates
33.3764, -111.6199
Power capacity
400 MW planned
Land
187 acres
Investment
$1 billion
Announced
January 2019
Utility
Salt River Project (SRP)
Power source
Solar
Cooling
air
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET), 25-year lease. The executed lease states no abatement amount; the City of Mesa economic-development office projected a ~$16M 25-year value (~$48.9M ad valorem avoided against ~$33.0M excise payable). Projected differential, not a stated or disbursed sum., City of Mesa, Arizona, 2019
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.

  1. July 2025
    Operating
    Phase 1 (288,530 sq ft data hall, Redhawk 1) went operational July 2025 for core cloud and AI services Source: Data Center Dynamics
  2. January 2025
    Under construction
    Phase 2 (280,000 sq ft, 185 acres) under construction targeting 2027; Phase 3 (283,500 sq ft) under Mesa Design Review Board review Source: AZBEX
  3. January 2019
    Proposed
    Google filed plans as 'Stone Applications LLC' for 187 acres at NW corner of Elliot and Sossaman roads

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Redhawk 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 31, 2026. Mesa City Council approved the $1B development and GPLET agreement in July 2019 (Mayor John Giles called it 'a home run'); one councilmember abstained as a Google shareholder and voiced reservations about large-corporation tax breaks.

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.

Mesa City Council approved the $1B development and GPLET agreement in July 2019 (Mayor John Giles called it 'a home run'); one councilmember abstained as a Google shareholder and voiced reservations about large-corporation tax breaks. The city projected net positive tax revenue.

Source: Data Center Dynamics

Power and water

400MW from in-state solar and wind farms committed for Phase 2 buildout

Google built the Mesa campus as air-cooled, chosen for Arizona's watershed scarcity; Mesa's economic-development director described it at groundbreaking as a 'cutting-edge, air-cooled data center campus.' The 2019 City of Mesa development agreement separately provided for the city to supply up to ~1 million gallons/day at launch, scaling toward ~4 million gallons/day at full build-out, a contractual water allocation/backup (on-site storage, existing wells, acquired water rights, long-term storage credits), not confirmed operational cooling consumption. No operational water-use figure has been published.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET), 25-year lease. The executed lease states no abatement amount; the City of Mesa economic-development office projected a ~$16M 25-year value (~$48.9M ad valorem avoided against ~$33.0M excise payable). Projected differential, not a stated or disbursed sum.Not establishedCity of Mesa, Arizona2019

Notes on the record

Three-phase campus through 2030; originally filed anonymously as Project Red Hawk via LLC Stone Applications. Phase 1 operational July 2025. Phase 2 under construction. Coordinates at Elliot and Sossaman roads, SE Mesa. 2019 development agreement requires >=$600M capex by 2025, >=$1B by 2029, 750,000 sq ft built by 2030, and a >=$65,000 average full-time data-center salary; construction workforce has been cited around 1,200 (an estimate, not a permanent-jobs count). Status reflects Phase 1 (Redhawk 1), operational since July 2025; Phases 2 and 3 remain under construction, which is why Google's own US locations index still lists Mesa under sites in development.

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.

  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus in Mesa?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Redhawk 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 31, 2026. Mesa City Council approved the $1B development and GPLET agreement in July 2019 (Mayor John Giles called it 'a home run'); one councilmember abstained as a Google shareholder and voiced reservations about large-corporation tax breaks.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 31, 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 Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Redhawk 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 Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 400 MW. The site is recorded at 187 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Redhawk Mesa Data Center Campus," updated August 31, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-redhawk-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/google-redhawk-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. 1.Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus in Arizona · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Google Planning Next Phase of Mesa Data Center Facility · AZBEX · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Mesa Council approves $1bn Google data center, with $16m in tax breaks · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
  4. 4.City of Mesa resolution authorising a development agreement and lease with Stone Applications, LLC for ~187 acres at S Sossaman Rd and E Elliot Rd (approved 1 July 2019) · retrieved August 31, 2026
  5. 5.City of Mesa Office of Economic Development study-session presentation, 27 June 2019, GPLET term: ~$32,967,000 excise payable over 25 years vs ~$48,916,134 ad valorem otherwise · retrieved August 31, 2026
  6. 6.Executed GPLET Lease between the City of Mesa and Stone Applications, LLC (City of Mesa matter 19-0809), states no abatement amount; net annual rent of $10,000 and an express disclaimer that GPLET benefits are not guaranteed during the term · retrieved August 31, 2026
  7. 7.Executed Development Agreement with exhibits, City of Mesa and Stone Applications, LLC (matter 19-0809) · retrieved August 31, 2026

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