Google Mesa data center

Where it stands

being built

Who is building it

Google

How much power it needs

Not disclosed

What it is for

Not disclosed

Who it serves

Not disclosed

County

Maricopa County

First recorded

September 7, 2026

What has been disclosed

Each figure says who gave it. The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Nothing here is estimated by the record. 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.

What it is for and whom it serves

No source on file says what this facility is for. The use is recorded as not disclosed until one does.

Tenants, tenancy and promises to the community: not disclosed.

What happened, and when

1. August 25, 2026 (content date) being built

   Google Mesa data center began functioning within the past year abc15.com, query feed

2. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   Entire project expected to be completed by 2030 constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

3. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   By 2029 minimum investment is $1 billion with 750,000 square feet of development constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

4. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   By 2027 Google must invest $800 million including taxable construction costs and construct 500,000 square feet constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

5. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   Total site plan outlines future stages totaling 750,000 square feet constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

6. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   First phase includes 288,530-square-foot data center building, utility switchyard, medium voltage substation, security kiosk, road upgrades, and employee office building constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

7. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   First phase must be completed by July 2025 constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

8. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   Google entered GPLET agreement with Mesa for 25-year term with reduced property taxes constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

9. May 7, 2026 (content date) being built

   Project Red Hawk site is approximately 185 acres at northwest corner of Sossaman and Elliot roads constructionreviewonline.com, query feed

10. February 2, 2026 (content date) being built

    NTT data center operates in Mesa, Arizona, photographed January 6, 2026 azcentral.com, query feed

11. February 2, 2026 (content date) being built

    Google data center operates in Mesa, Arizona, photographed January 6, 2026 azcentral.com, query feed

12. February 2, 2026 (content date) being built

    Meta data center operates in Mesa, Arizona, photographed January 6, 2026 azcentral.com, query feed

13. September 8, 2025 (content date) being built

    SRP issued RFPs in 2022 and 2024 for LDES technology demonstration projects. media.srpnet.com, query feed

14. September 8, 2025 (content date) being built

    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). media.srpnet.com, query feed

15. April 10, 2024 (content date) being built

    Google filed to build second data center at Mesa campus datacenterdynamics.com, query feed

16. April 9, 2024 (content date) being built

    Google data center project in Mesa, Arizona advancing to review phase in 2024 bizjournals.com, query feed

17. April 9, 2024 (content date) being built

    Google Mesa data center first phase site is more than 185 acres near northwest corner of Sossaman and Elliot roads abc15.com, query feed

18. April 9, 2024 (content date) being built

    Second phase of Google Mesa data center is 280,000 square feet abc15.com, query feed

19. March 14, 2024 (content date) being built

    Google reached a clean energy agreement with SRP for the Mesa data center azcentral.com, query feed

20. March 14, 2024 (content date) being built

    Mesa data center will use air-cooled technology and be operational in 2025 blog.google, query feed

21. March 14, 2024 (content date) being built

    Data center will use air-cooling technology instead of water cooling latitudemedia.com, query feed

22. March 14, 2024 (content date) being built

    Data center set to come online in 2025 latitudemedia.com, query feed

23. March 14, 2024 (content date) being built

    Google signed eight-year contract with Salt River Project for 434 MW of renewable energy latitudemedia.com, query feed

24. December 14, 2023 (content date) being built

    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 cloud.google.com, primary source

25. September 9, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google announced a new Google Cloud region is coming to Phoenix azbigmedia.com, query feed

26. September 9, 2023 (content date) being built

    This will be Google's first physical presence in Arizona azbigmedia.com, query feed

27. September 9, 2023 (content date) being built

    The Mesa data center will use state-of-the-art air-cool technology azbigmedia.com, query feed

28. September 9, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google broke ground on a new $600 million data center in Mesa azbigmedia.com, query feed

29. September 8, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google breaks ground on data center in Mesa, Arizona in September 2023 businessfacilities.com, query feed

30. September 8, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google is looking to buy other large parcels of land for future growth in the area datacenterfrontier.com, query feed

31. September 8, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google uses air-cooled technology and uses no water in its cooling technology datacenterfrontier.com, query feed

32. September 8, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google expects to start building at the site near the beginning of 2024 and be complete by early 2025 datacenterfrontier.com, query feed

33. September 8, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google's Mesa data center project is valued at $600 million and was previously known as Project Red Hawk datacenterfrontier.com, query feed

34. September 7, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google Cloud region announced for Phoenix abc15.com, query feed

35. September 7, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google Mesa data center serves Google Search, Gmail, Maps and Google Cloud services abc15.com, query feed

36. September 7, 2023 (content date) being built

    First phase expected to be finished in summer 2025 kjzz.org, query feed

37. September 7, 2023 (content date) being built

    Nearly 190 acres of former farmland converted to computing compound kjzz.org, query feed

38. September 7, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google broke ground on September 6, 2023 on a $600 million data center in Mesa kjzz.org, query feed

39. September 6, 2023 (content date) approved

    Google is building a $600 million data center in Mesa, Arizona azcentral.com, query feed

40. September 6, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google Mesa data center uses air cooling instead of water cooling 12news.com, query feed

41. September 6, 2023 (content date) approved

    Google detailed plans on huge data center underway in Mesa bizjournals.com, query feed

42. September 6, 2023 (content date) approved

    Google committed to air-cooled technology to limit water usage azfamily.com, query feed

43. September 6, 2023 (content date) approved

    Data center will be first physical Google presence in Arizona azfamily.com, query feed

44. July 12, 2023 (content date) being built

    Google broke ground on Mesa data center campus datacenterdynamics.com, query feed

45. July 1, 2023 (content date) waiting on permits

    Mesa City Council approved development agreement in 2019 gilbertsunnews.com, query feed

46. July 1, 2023 (content date) waiting on permits

    Google faces July 2025 deadline for 250,000 square feet of development and $600 million capital investment gilbertsunnews.com, query feed

47. July 1, 2023 (content date) waiting on permits

    Total planned development on 186-acre site is 750,000 square feet gilbertsunnews.com, query feed

48. July 1, 2023 (content date) waiting on permits

    Google received Design Review Board approval for 288,000-square-foot data hall as phase 1 gilbertsunnews.com, query feed

49. July 3, 2019 (content date) approved

    City of Mesa provided $16 million in tax breaks for the data center datacenterdynamics.com, query feed

50. July 3, 2019 (content date) approved

    Mesa City Council approved $1 billion Google data center datacenterdynamics.com, query feed

51. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    Property is 186 acres located at Elliot and Sossaman roads in southeast Mesa eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

52. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    Google has up to five years to begin construction and up to 10 years to finish building eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

53. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    Mesa City Council is primed to approve the development agreement at Monday meeting eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

54. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    750,000 square foot requirement by July 2029 with at least $1 billion investment eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

55. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    500,000 square foot requirement by July 2027 with minimum investment of $800 million eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

56. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    Construction of at least 250,000 square feet required by July 2025 with $600 million investment eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

57. July 1, 2019 (content date) approved

    Google will build a data center in Mesa, Arizona in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor eastvalleytribune.com, query feed

58. July 1, 2019 (content date) proposed

    If approved, Google has five years to start construction youtube.com, query feed

59. July 1, 2019 (content date) proposed

    The development agreement includes a $16 million tax break youtube.com, query feed

60. July 1, 2019 (content date) proposed

    Google proposed a 750,000 square foot data center at Sossaman and Elliot Roads in Mesa youtube.com, query feed

61. June 28, 2019 (content date) approved

    Google would spend $1 billion to build 750,000 square feet by July 2029 azcentral.com, query feed

62. June 28, 2019 (content date) approved

    Google would build 250,000 square feet in the first phase by July 2025 azcentral.com, query feed

63. June 28, 2019 (content date) approved

    The data center property comprises 186 acres of farmland at the northwest corner of Elliot and Sossaman Road azcentral.com, query feed

64. June 28, 2019 (content date) approved

    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) azcentral.com, query feed

Newest first. Earlier entries are never overwritten; each carries the source it rests on. The badge on each entry is the status the record moved to.

Sources

Primary documents

• Assessing watershed health in data center host communities, Google Cloud Blog, December 14, 2023

Reporting

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

26 sources on file. Primary documents are filings, minutes, dockets and official pages; reporting is how an event was found, and the document is what gets cited where one exists.