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          "title": "Arizona's 1st Google facility will be $600M data center in Mesa",
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          "title": "Land and Expand: Google, Vantage Data Centers, Microsoft",
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          "summary": "Google broke ground on a new $600 million data center in Mesa",
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          "summary": "Google announced a new Google Cloud region is coming to Phoenix",
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          "summary": "Google breaks ground on data center in Mesa, Arizona in September 2023",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google expects to start building at the site near the beginning of 2024 and be complete by early 2025",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/site-selection/article/33011236/land-and-expand-google-vantage-data-centers-microsoft",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-08",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google's Mesa data center project is valued at $600 million and was previously known as Project Red Hawk",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/site-selection/article/33011236/land-and-expand-google-vantage-data-centers-microsoft",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-07",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Nearly 190 acres of former farmland converted to computing compound",
          "source_url": "https://kjzz.org/content/1856930/google-breaks-ground-600-million-mesa-data-center",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-07",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google broke ground on September 6, 2023 on a $600 million data center in Mesa",
          "source_url": "https://kjzz.org/content/1856930/google-breaks-ground-600-million-mesa-data-center",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-07",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google Cloud region announced for Phoenix",
          "source_url": "https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/google-coming-to-valley-for-first-time-with-600-million-data-center-in-mesa",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-07",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google Mesa data center serves Google Search, Gmail, Maps and Google Cloud services",
          "source_url": "https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/google-coming-to-valley-for-first-time-with-600-million-data-center-in-mesa",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-07",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "First phase expected to be finished in summer 2025",
          "source_url": "https://kjzz.org/content/1856930/google-breaks-ground-600-million-mesa-data-center",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-06",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google committed to air-cooled technology to limit water usage",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2023/09/06/google-announces-600-million-data-center-coming-mesa/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-06",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Data center will be first physical Google presence in Arizona",
          "source_url": "https://www.azfamily.com/2023/09/06/google-announces-600-million-data-center-coming-mesa/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-06",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google is building a $600 million data center in Mesa, Arizona",
          "source_url": "https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/local/mesa/2023/09/06/arizonas-1st-google-facility-will-be-600m-data-center-in-mesa/70778940007/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-06",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google Mesa data center uses air cooling instead of water cooling",
          "source_url": "https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/google-is-building-a-600-million-data-center-in-mesa-that-wont-use-water-to-cool-storage-units/75-423d5f59-5c3e-4160-b587-0a328eec9a83",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2023-09-06",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google detailed plans on huge data center underway in Mesa",
          "source_url": "https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2023/09/06/google-mesa-data-center-campus.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2023-07-12",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google broke ground on Mesa data center campus",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-breaks-ground-on-mesa-data-center-campus-in-arizona/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2023-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google faces July 2025 deadline for 250,000 square feet of development and $600 million capital investment",
          "source_url": "https://www.gilbertsunnews.com/news/amazon-google-expand-e-mesa-footprint/article_c8c25dd4-151a-11ee-9403-bf55cb84405a.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2023-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google received Design Review Board approval for 288,000-square-foot data hall as phase 1",
          "source_url": "https://www.gilbertsunnews.com/news/amazon-google-expand-e-mesa-footprint/article_c8c25dd4-151a-11ee-9403-bf55cb84405a.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2023-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Mesa City Council approved development agreement in 2019",
          "source_url": "https://www.gilbertsunnews.com/news/amazon-google-expand-e-mesa-footprint/article_c8c25dd4-151a-11ee-9403-bf55cb84405a.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2023-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Total planned development on 186-acre site is 750,000 square feet",
          "source_url": "https://www.gilbertsunnews.com/news/amazon-google-expand-e-mesa-footprint/article_c8c25dd4-151a-11ee-9403-bf55cb84405a.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-03",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "City of Mesa provided $16 million in tax breaks for the data center",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/mesa-council-approves-1bn-google-arizona-data-center-16m-tax-breaks/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-03",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Mesa City Council approved $1 billion Google data center",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/mesa-council-approves-1bn-google-arizona-data-center-16m-tax-breaks/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Property is 186 acres located at Elliot and Sossaman roads in southeast Mesa",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google has up to five years to begin construction and up to 10 years to finish building",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Mesa City Council is primed to approve the development agreement at Monday meeting",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "750,000 square foot requirement by July 2029 with at least $1 billion investment",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "500,000 square foot requirement by July 2027 with minimum investment of $800 million",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Construction of at least 250,000 square feet required by July 2025 with $600 million investment",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google will build a data center in Mesa, Arizona in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor",
          "source_url": "https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/mesa-lands-big-google-data-center/article_9b683728-99f9-11e9-9943-6bad7244231f.html",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "If approved, Google has five years to start construction",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld4TofrWP8",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "The development agreement includes a $16 million tax break",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld4TofrWP8",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2019-07-01",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google proposed a 750,000 square foot data center at Sossaman and Elliot Roads in Mesa",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld4TofrWP8",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-06-28",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "The data center property comprises 186 acres of farmland at the northwest corner of Elliot and Sossaman Road",
          "source_url": "https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/06/28/mesa-offers-tax-break-land-google-data-center-elliott-road-technology-corridor/1590854001/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-06-28",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google would spend $1 billion to build 750,000 square feet by July 2029",
          "source_url": "https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/06/28/mesa-offers-tax-break-land-google-data-center-elliott-road-technology-corridor/1590854001/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-06-28",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Google would build 250,000 square feet in the first phase by July 2025",
          "source_url": "https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/06/28/mesa-offers-tax-break-land-google-data-center-elliott-road-technology-corridor/1590854001/",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "status": "approved",
          "effective_at": "2019-06-28",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "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)",
          "source_url": "https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/06/28/mesa-offers-tax-break-land-google-data-center-elliott-road-technology-corridor/1590854001/",
          "source_tier": 1
        }
      ]
    }
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