Iron Mnt. Announces Pre-lease for Data Center

Source: Business Wire  Iron Mountain Incorporated announced it has signed a six-megawatt data center pre-lease with a U.S.-based Fortune 100 customer in Phoenix, at its new AZP-2 data center. The lease is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2021. The data center solution met all of the customers’ requirements, including scalable capacity, network proximity to other deployments, and a […]

Phoenix #2 in Data Center Growth

Source: JLL  COVID-19’s impact on public safety and stay-home orders drove significant demand for immediate digital connectivity around the world. JLL’s 2020 Mid-Year Data Center Outlook finds data centers’ resiliency and reliability established the sector as one of the few to perform strongly during the first half of the year.  According to the report, Phoenix ranks as a top […]

Ariz. Maintaining Healthy $1B+ Project Count

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  Arizona is the location of many planned mega projects, each valued at $1B+ total construction cost. Perusing DATABEX for a current list reveals 27 such projects.   Come along as we recap the largest projects going on in the state. One caveat to mention upfront; Since BEX covers the commercial and infrastructure markets, single-family residential is specifically excluded. Also excluded are […]

Data Center for Mesa’s Elliot Rd Tech Corridor

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX Mesa’s Elliot Road Technology Corridor may see a new data center campus on a 102-acre parcel at Elliot and Signal Butte Roads. Sacramento, California-based RagingWire Data Centers is planning a flagship Arizona campus consisting of seven two-story buildings ranging in size from 165KSF-229KSF. The total development area for the project, […]

Google Picks Mesa for Giant Data Center

By Jim Walsh for East Valley Tribune Technology giant Google is coming to Mesa, lured by a tax incentive agreement to build a massive data center in the emerging Elliot Road Technology Corridor. The Mesa City Council is primed to approve the Google development agreement at its meeting on Monday night. Mayor John Giles said […]

Plans Emerge for New Mesa Data Center

By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX Long-awaited plans for the Digital Realty Data Center proposed for Mesa’s Elliott Road Technology Corridor have finally surfaced. Back in May 2017 the City of Mesa announced that Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc. – now known as Digital Realty – had purchased 56.5 acres of undeveloped land at the NEC of […]

Stream Data Centers to Develop Hyperscale Campus

Source: Stream Data Centers Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in providing premium data center solutions, announced that it has acquired a 418KSF facility on 157 acres of land in Goodyear, Arizona, where it will establish a data center campus for hyperscale and enterprise customers in the Greater Phoenix region. Initially, Stream will redevelop the existing facility, which […]

Data Center Plan Advances

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Plans for the McDowell Road Data Center – on nearly 98 acres at the SWC of 40th Street and McDowell Road – took a step forward last week as the City of Phoenix’s Planning Commission approved the project’s Planned Unit Development request. Owner Phoenix Retail Co., LLC bought […]

PHX Poised to Become a Data Center Leader

By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A recently released report from CBRE notes the Phoenix area is poised to become a leader in the data center market, as reflected by steady growth in the sector in the first half of 2017. “Phoenix is a dynamic market,” said Luke Denmon, of CBRE’s Data Center Solutions […]

EdgeConneX May Expand Data Center Ops

By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Holding companies operated by global technology solutions provider EdgeConneX have recently purchased nearly 55 undeveloped acres in Mesa’s Elliot Road Technology Corridor, according to a recent report in Business Real Estate Weekly of Arizona. Loop 202 & Elliot Road LLC (c/o EdgeConneX Holdings LLC) paid $10.2M for the […]