Google signed a 25-year government property lease excise tax, or GPLET, with the city of Mesa in July 2019 to assist in purchasing the more than 185 acres for the data center campus. The GPLET agreement put Google on the clock to complete the construction of the first phase of the data center by July 2025. Per a development agreement with Mesa, Google must also spend $600 million in capital expenditures.
By 2027, Google must spend $800 million, with $240 million in taxable construction and have constructed at least 500,000 square feet of development. By 2029, those figures jump to a minimum spend of $1 billion, $300 million in taxable construction costs and at least 750,000 square feet of development built out.
The entire project is expected to be finished in 2030. Google is also required to have an average annual salary for full-time data center employees of at least $65,000.
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Phase II is expected to see Google build 280,000 square feet more.
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This facility will be a part of Google's Redhawk campus in Mesa, AZ.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edged Energy: Phoenix PHX11 |
Edged Energy is planning a built-to-suit data center near its PHX01 facility.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edgeconnex: Mesa |
EdgeConneX is building a massive data center campus on a 93-acre land parcel it has owned since 2017 through Loop 202 & Elliot Road LLC.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Novva: Mesa 3 |
This facility is a part of Novva's Mesa campus in Arizona.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edged: Phoenix |
Edged Energy’s PHX01-1 is a 36MW, two-story data center in Mesa, Arizona, spanning ~210,000 sq ft on a 12-acre site, launched in April 2026 with waterless cooling for high-density AI workloads.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edged Energy: Phoenix, Arizona |
Edged Energy is building a 79,200 sq ft data center on a 14-acre site near the Loop 202 freeway and Warner Road.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Novva: Mesa 4 |
This facility is a part of Novva's Mesa campus in Arizona.
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In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.
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