Meta expands to the city of Mesa

1. Clip 1 · 0:15 Mesa Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support transcribed from the official recording

   Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

   Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before Mesa City Council.

   "the company will try to cut down on water use with the addition of three new buildings the metadata facility in mesa will be massive 2.5 square feet but for what they do for facebook and instagram users the space is needed our data center and our teams here are going to make sure that their information is safely stored and that they have access to everything from old cat videos to their"

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2. Clip 2 · 0:43 Mesa City Council Member Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording

   Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

   Mesa City Council members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.

   "something has to keep the servers cool and for the most part that's water but metta says they want to use as little as possible 60 percent less than normal in fact offset by wind and the fact that the facility will be 100 percent solar what's fortunate about our site here in mesa is we're able to use fresh air from outside to cool our servers for more than half the year for the water they do use meta partnering with srp and the gila river indian"

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3. Clip 3 · 1:15 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording

   Public commenters and local stakeholders raise questions regarding municipal water draw, tax revenue exemptions, power transmission, and long term community impacts.

   "has already been planned and prepared for meadow recycles the water they use and also gives it back through their salt river program restoring 200 million gallons a year to the colorado river basin the ratio in fact more water for the river systems in arizona than it uses at the data center and with expansion comes jobs the project employing 2 000 skilled trade workers and 200 operational jobs once"

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