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Google Mesa data center

Mesa, Maricopa County, AZDeveloper: GoogleCensus GEOID 04013

Stage
Being built
In court (SRP issued RFPs in 2022 and 2024 for LDES technology demonst) filed September 8, 2025 · filing
Buildings
2 buildings
site plan
Undisclosed in public filings
Power, Land, Water

Google described a recently announced data center in Mesa, Arizona in a December 2023 blog post and said it chose air cooling after finding the local water source at high risk of scarcity and depletion. It is being built, since September 7, 2023. SRP issued RFPs in 2022 and 2024 for LDES technology demonstration projects (September 8, 2025).

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 27 sources, 2 primary · Reviewed by a person, every entry sourced. · How to read this page

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What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Buildings
2 buildings site plan
[1] cloud.google.com
Who leads it
Google as stated by the source
How it is cooled
Air cooled as stated by the source
[1] cloud.google.com
Undisclosed in public filings
Land, Power it would draw, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year Reported by others: 1,000,000 gallons a day (Business Insider); 4,000,000 gallons per day (NBC News). Their figure, not the record's.
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs
How much water it would use
How loud it would be
Jobs once it runs
Tax it would pay each year

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Google as stated by the source October 25, 2026
Who is constructing it
How much land
Buildings 2 buildings site plan [1] cloud.google.com October 25, 2026
Where its power comes from
Grid connection
How it is cooled Air cooled as stated by the source [1] cloud.google.com October 25, 2026

How much water it would use, also reported: 1,000,000 gallons a day, 2023 (Business Insider: Google Mesa data center project allocated 1 million gallons of water per day); 4,000,000 gallons per day, 2021 (NBC News: Google Mesa data center projected water use, up to 4 million gallons a day (NBC News citing Bloomberg)) .

Jobs once it runs, also reported: 120 jobs, 2019 (YouTube: The Google data center is expected to employ approximately 120 people) .

Tax it would pay each year, also reported: 33,000,000 USD, 2019 (azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic: Google would pay nearly $33 million instead of an estimated $48.9 million in property taxes over 25 years); 16,000,000 USD, 2019 (azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic: Google would receive a $16 million property tax break over 25 years, while the city estimates Google operations would generate $61 million in total property taxes during that time) .

A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would draw A utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Maricopa County and Mesa about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Glendale Glendale Commission recommended rezoning for a data center plan. linkedin.com
Gilbert Gilbert leaders want strict rules on data centers to make it hard for server farms to set up shop; new rules expected in September but delayed to October or November. watereducation.org
Chandler case by case Chandler capped data center water use youtube.com
Maricopa County case by case Maricopa County adopted a new ordinance clarifying guidelines for data center development bizjournals.com
Maricopa County case by case It is the first time data centers have been defined in county zoning rules kjzz.org
Maricopa County case by case The modernized ordinance updated how the county defines a data center and restricts them to industrial areas kjzz.org
8 earlier decisions on the county's rows
DateWhoDecisionSource
Maricopa County case by case Maricopa County Board of Supervisors overhauled its zoning ordinance at a meeting Wednesday in December 2025 kjzz.org
Mesa case by case Mesa data centers will need City Council approval to build under new regulations kjzz.org
Mesa case by case New Mesa zoning amendments direct data centers to heavy industrial zones and general industrial zones kjzz.org
Mesa case by case Mesa data center ordinance restricts future projects to land zoned for industrial use themesatribune.com
Mesa case by case Mesa City Council adopted new zoning rules for data centers and their operations in a City Council vote in July 2025 kjzz.org
Mesa case by case Mesa City Council unanimously approved data center amendments on July 8, 2025, with two members absent themesatribune.com
Mesa case by case Proposed 60 foot height limit for data centers themesatribune.com
Mesa case by case Proposed 400 foot setback from residential areas for data centers themesatribune.com

What happened

  1. (content date)

    Google Mesa data center began functioning within the past year

    [26] abc15.com

  2. (content date)

    Entire project expected to be completed by 2030

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  3. (content date)

    By 2029 minimum investment is $1 billion with 750,000 square feet of development

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  4. (content date)

    By 2027 Google must invest $800 million including taxable construction costs and construct 500,000 square feet

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

58 earlier entries

  1. (content date)

    Total site plan outlines future stages totaling 750,000 square feet

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  2. (content date)

    First phase includes 288,530 square foot data center building, utility switchyard, medium voltage substation, security kiosk, road upgrades, and employee office building

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  3. (content date)

    First phase must be completed by July 2025

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  4. (content date)

    Google entered GPLET agreement with Mesa for 25 year term with reduced property taxes

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  5. (content date)

    Project Red Hawk site is approximately 185 acres at northwest corner of Sossaman and Elliot roads

    [25] constructionreviewonline.com

  6. (content date)

    Google data center operates in Mesa, Arizona, photographed January 6, 2026

    [24] azcentral.com

  7. (content date)

    SRP issued RFPs in 2022 and 2024 for LDES technology demonstration projects.

    [23] media.srpnet.com

  8. (content date)

    Google's future data center in Mesa is supported by Sonoran Solar Energy Center (260 MW solar with 1 GWh battery storage), Storey Energy Center (88 MW solar and battery storage), and Babbitt Ranch Energy Center (161 MW wind farm).

    [23] media.srpnet.com

  9. (content date)

    Google filed to build second data center at Mesa campus

    [5] datacenterdynamics.com

  10. (content date)

    Google data center project in Mesa, Arizona advancing to review phase in 2024

    [22] bizjournals.com

  11. (content date)

    Google Mesa data center first phase site is more than 185 acres near northwest corner of Sossaman and Elliot roads

    [21] abc15.com

  12. (content date)

    Second phase of Google Mesa data center is 280,000 square feet

    [21] abc15.com

  13. (content date)

    Google reached a clean energy agreement with SRP for the Mesa data center

    [10] azcentral.com

  14. (content date)

    Mesa data center will use air cooled technology and be operational in 2025

    [9] blog.google

  15. (content date)

    Data center will use air cooling technology instead of water cooling

    [8] latitudemedia.com

  16. (content date)

    Data center set to come online in 2025

    [8] latitudemedia.com

  17. (content date)

    Google signed eight year contract with Salt River Project for 434 MW of renewable energy

    [8] latitudemedia.com

  18. (content date)

    Google said the water source for its Mesa, Arizona data center was at high risk of scarcity and depletion and that it chose air cooling in response; a company statement about its own planning, not an independent audit

    [1] cloud.google.com

  19. (content date)

    Google announced a new Google Cloud region is coming to Phoenix

    [20] azbigmedia.com

  20. (content date)

    This will be Google's first physical presence in Arizona

    [20] azbigmedia.com

  21. (content date)

    The Mesa data center will use state of the art air cool technology

    [20] azbigmedia.com

  22. (content date)

    Google broke ground on a new $600 million data center in Mesa

    [20] azbigmedia.com

  23. (content date)

    Google breaks ground on data center in Mesa, Arizona in September 2023

    [19] businessfacilities.com

  24. (content date)

    Google is looking to buy other large parcels of land for future growth in the area

    [4] datacenterfrontier.com

  25. (content date)

    Google uses air cooled technology and uses no water in its cooling technology

    [4] datacenterfrontier.com

  26. (content date)

    Google expects to start building at the site near the beginning of 2024 and be complete by early 2025

    [4] datacenterfrontier.com

  27. (content date)

    Google's Mesa data center project is valued at $600 million and was previously known as Project Red Hawk

    [4] datacenterfrontier.com

  28. (content date)

    Google Cloud region announced for Phoenix

    [18] abc15.com

  29. (content date)

    Google Mesa data center serves Google Search, Gmail, Maps and Google Cloud services

    [18] abc15.com

  30. (content date)

    First phase expected to be finished in summer 2025

    [17] kjzz.org

  31. (content date)

    Nearly 190 acres of former farmland converted to computing compound

    [17] kjzz.org

  32. · being built (content date)

    Google broke ground on September 6, 2023 on a $600 million data center in Mesa

    [17] kjzz.org

  33. · approved (content date)

    Google is building a $600 million data center in Mesa, Arizona

    [16] azcentral.com

  34. · being built (content date)

    Google Mesa data center uses air cooling instead of water cooling

    [15] 12news.com

  35. (content date)

    Google detailed plans on huge data center underway in Mesa

    [7] bizjournals.com

  36. (content date)

    Google committed to air cooled technology to limit water usage

    [14] azfamily.com

  37. · approved (content date)

    Data center will be first physical Google presence in Arizona

    [14] azfamily.com

  38. · being built (content date)

    Google broke ground on Mesa data center campus

    [3] datacenterdynamics.com

  39. (content date)

    Mesa City Council approved development agreement in 2019

    [13] gilbertsunnews.com

  40. (content date)

    Google faces July 2025 deadline for 250,000 square feet of development and $600 million capital investment

    [13] gilbertsunnews.com

  41. (content date)

    Total planned development on 186 acre site is 750,000 square feet

    [13] gilbertsunnews.com

  42. · waiting on permits (content date)

    Google received Design Review Board approval for 288,000 square foot data hall as phase 1

    [13] gilbertsunnews.com

  43. (content date)

    City of Mesa provided $16 million in tax breaks for the data center

    [6] datacenterdynamics.com

  44. (content date)

    Mesa City Council approved $1 billion Google data center

    [6] datacenterdynamics.com

  45. (content date)

    Property is 186 acres located at Elliot and Sossaman roads in southeast Mesa

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  46. (content date)

    Google has up to five years to begin construction and up to 10 years to finish building

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  47. (content date)

    Mesa City Council is primed to approve the development agreement at Monday meeting

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  48. (content date)

    750,000 square foot requirement by July 2029 with at least $1 billion investment

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  49. (content date)

    500,000 square foot requirement by July 2027 with minimum investment of $800 million

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  50. (content date)

    Construction of at least 250,000 square feet required by July 2025 with $600 million investment

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  51. · approved (content date)

    Google will build a data center in Mesa, Arizona in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor

    [12] eastvalleytribune.com

  52. (content date)

    If approved, Google has five years to start construction

    · Google · July 1, 2019 · Privacy enhanced player · loads on click

    [27] youtube.com

  53. (content date)

    The development agreement includes a $16 million tax break

    · Google · July 1, 2019 · Privacy enhanced player · loads on click

    [27] youtube.com

  54. · proposed (content date)

    Google proposed a 750,000 square foot data center at Sossaman and Elliot Roads in Mesa

    · Google · July 1, 2019 · Privacy enhanced player · loads on click

    [27] youtube.com

  55. (content date)

    Google would spend $1 billion to build 750,000 square feet by July 2029

    [11] azcentral.com

  56. (content date)

    Google would build 250,000 square feet in the first phase by July 2025

    [11] azcentral.com

  57. (content date)

    The data center property comprises 186 acres of farmland at the northwest corner of Elliot and Sossaman Road

    [11] azcentral.com

  58. · approved (content date)

    Mesa City Council voted to approve a development agreement for a Google data center at Elliot Road Technology Corridor on June 24, 2019 (vote was scheduled for Monday)

    [11] azcentral.com

The full Google Mesa data center timeline, in order

139 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

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What was said

These renewable energy centers will generate low-cost, homegrown energy and provide millions of dollars in additional revenue to both Maricopa and Pinal counties over the life of the projects
Anthony Pedroni, Unknown, SRP or NextEra · March 18, 2024 · quoted · TD World trade press
Mesa Mayor John Giles said the City of Mesa is thrilled to welcome Google and the decision underscores confidence in the city
John Giles, Mesa Mayor · September 9, 2023 · paraphrased · AZ Big Media local outlet

Every statement about data centers in Arizona, by speaker

17 more on this page, one per speaker and claim; 19 statements in all

Joe Kava, VP of Data Centers at Google, stated data centers are economic anchors in communities

VP of Data Centers, Google AZ Family local outlet project record
Context & source notes

Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.

Primary source: AZ Family.

Also reported by: Construction Dive news outlet .

Said again: September 8, 2023 ( Construction Dive news outlet ).

The site

The pin is the site's address.

The site map is at the top of the page.

Where
7535 E Ray Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona [1] cloud.google.com
How exactly it is located
Exact, at the address
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
By the straight line between two exact points.

USGS NAIP aerial view of Google Mesa data center
LAT 33.34900 / LON -111.66800 Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey / USDA NAIP (Public Domain)
USGS National Map OpenStreetMap

Comparisons

3 metrics with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Permanent jobs

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosed Not disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

120 jobs Reported

YouTube

Show each source's words
  • 120 jobs, YouTube: The Google data center is expected to employ approximately 120 people

Water a day

2 figures, 2 sources
Not disclosed Not disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

4,000,000 gallons per day Estimate

NBC News

1,000,000 gallons a day Reported

Business Insider, Jun 29, 2023

Show each source's words
  • 4,000,000 gallons per day, NBC News: Google Mesa data center projected water use, up to 4 million gallons a day (NBC News citing Bloomberg)
  • 1,000,000 gallons a day, Business Insider: Google Mesa data center project allocated 1 million gallons of water per day

Tax each year

2 figures, 1 source
Not disclosed Not disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

33,000,000 USD Estimate

azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

16,000,000 USD Estimate

azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

Show each source's words
  • 33,000,000 USD, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic: Google would pay nearly $33 million instead of an estimated $48.9 million in property taxes over 25 years
  • 16,000,000 USD, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic: Google would receive a $16 million property tax break over 25 years, while the city estimates Google operations would generate $61 million in total property taxes during that time

Keep going

The county Maricopa County 34 projects on the record. The state Data centers in Arizona Every Arizona project, the rules on the record and what comes next. Nearest proposal EdgeCore Mesa North Campus Mesa, Maricopa County, 2.7 mi away · Proposed
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Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Google Mesa data center?

The record has one measure of its size: 2 buildings (site plan, cloud.google.com). Its power capacity is not disclosed.

Who is building Google Mesa data center?

Google is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

Who will use Google Mesa data center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Google Mesa data center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Google Mesa data center stand today?

It is being built, since September 7, 2023. The newest entry, August 25, 2026: Google Mesa data center began functioning within the past year [26].

What has Mesa or Maricopa County decided about it?

Glendale: Glendale Commission recommended rezoning for a data center plan (September 28, 2026, linkedin.com); and Gilbert: Gilbert leaders want strict rules on data centers to make it hard for server farms to set up shop; new rules expected in September but delayed to October or November (reported September 23, 2026, watereducation.org). 14 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Google Mesa data center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Primary documents

  1. Assessing watershed health in data center host communities, Google Cloud Blog, December 14, 2023
  2. Google: Data center locations, Google, September 14, 2026

Reporting

  1. Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus in Arizona, Data Center Dynamics, July 12, 2023, trade press
  2. Land and Expand: Google, Vantage Data Centers, Microsoft, Data Center Frontier, September 8, 2023, trade press
  3. Google files to build second data center at Mesa campus in Arizona, Data Center Dynamics, April 10, 2024, trade press
  4. Mesa Council approves $1bn Google data center, with $16m in tax breaks, Data Center Dynamics, July 3, 2019, trade press
  5. Google details plans on its huge data center underway in Mesa, The Business Journals, September 6, 2023, local outlet
  6. In lieu of water cooling, Google locks down renewables for Mesa data center, Latitude Media, March 14, 2024, news outlet
  7. Our work to build a more sustainable future in Arizona, blog.google, March 14, 2024, news outlet
  8. Google reaches clean energy agreement with SRP for Mesa data center, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, March 14, 2024, local outlet
  9. Mesa lands Google data center. Here's a look at the deal, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, June 28, 2019, local outlet
  10. Mesa lands big Google data center, East Valley Tribune, July 1, 2019, news outlet
  11. Amazon, Google expand E. Mesa footprint, gilbertsunnews.com, July 1, 2023, news outlet
  12. Google announces $600 million data center coming to Mesa, AZ Family, September 6, 2023, local outlet
13 more sources
  1. Google building a $600 million data center in Mesa that won't use water to cool storage units, 12News, September 6, 2023, local outlet
  2. Arizona's 1st Google facility will be $600M data center in Mesa, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, September 6, 2023, local outlet
  3. Google to build $600 million data center in Mesa, KJZZ, September 7, 2023, local outlet
  4. Google coming to Valley for first time with $600 million data center in Mesa, abc15.com, September 7, 2023, local outlet
  5. Google Breaks Ground On $600M Data Center In Mesa, AZ, Business Facilities, September 8, 2023, news outlet
  6. Google breaks ground on massive $600 million Mesa data center, AZ Big Media, September 9, 2023, local outlet
  7. Google data center's next phase goes to Mesa for review, abc15.com, April 9, 2024, local outlet
  8. Google data center's next phase goes to Mesa for review, The Business Journals, April 9, 2024, local outlet
  9. SRP and Google Launch Collaboration to Advance Long Duration Energy Storage Innovation, Grid Resilience in Arizona, SRP Newsroom, September 8, 2025, news outlet
  10. Large data centers are popping up all over Mesa. See photos, azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, February 2, 2026, local outlet
  11. Google is building a $1B data center campus in Mesa, Arizona, Construction Review, May 7, 2026, news outlet
  12. Google announces donation for Arizona water restoration project, ABC15 Arizona, August 25, 2026, local outlet
  13. Is Google coming to Mesa? $1B data center proposed, YouTube, July 1, 2019, video

27 sources on file.

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Stage
Being built
Tier
reviewed in depth
Tags
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Coordinates
33.349, -111.668
How the location is known
Location from the site's street address.
Location source
Google Mesa data center campus at E Elliot Rd and S Sossaman Rd (7535 E Ray Rd), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Coordinate source
operator address point
Location last verified
September 23, 2026
Cooling
Air cooled
Rating of the county's rows
Case by case
Published
September 7, 2026
Last verified
October 25, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings
Location source number, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, How capacity was disclosed, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection, Capacity, if disclosed

Researcher view · Google Mesa data center · 27 sources, 62 entries, 14 decisions nearby · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 25, 2026

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