Mesa, Maricopa County, AZDeveloper: MetaCensus GEOID 04013
Meta operates its five building Mesa Data Center campus at the southeast corner of E Elliot Rd and S Ellsworth Rd in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (EPA FRS ID 110071640426). It is running; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Tax it would pay each year |
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Meta | as stated by the source | October 25, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | ||||
| How much land | ||||
| Buildings | 5 buildings | operator page | [1] datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab) | October 25, 2026 |
| Where its power comes from | ||||
| Grid connection | ||||
| How it is cooled |
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.
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
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.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| Glendale | Glendale Commission recommended rezoning for a data center plan. | linkedin.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| 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 (opens in a new tab) | |
| Chandler | Chandler capped data center water use | youtube.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Maricopa County | Maricopa County adopted a new ordinance clarifying guidelines for data center development | bizjournals.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Maricopa County | It is the first time data centers have been defined in county zoning rules | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) | |
| Maricopa County | The modernized ordinance updated how the county defines a data center and restricts them to industrial areas | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) |
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| Maricopa County | Maricopa County Board of Supervisors overhauled its zoning ordinance at a meeting Wednesday in December 2025 | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Mesa data centers will need City Council approval to build under new regulations | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | New Mesa zoning amendments direct data centers to heavy industrial zones and general industrial zones | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Mesa data center ordinance restricts future projects to land zoned for industrial use | themesatribune.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Mesa City Council adopted new zoning rules for data centers and their operations in a City Council vote in July 2025 | kjzz.org (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Mesa City Council unanimously approved data center amendments on July 8, 2025, with two members absent | themesatribune.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Proposed 60 foot height limit for data centers | themesatribune.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mesa | Proposed 400 foot setback from residential areas for data centers | themesatribune.com (opens in a new tab) |
· Status: rumored (content date)
Mesa City Council approved an $800 million data center development on May 17, 2021
The full Meta Mesa Data Center timeline, in order
· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of September 23, 2026). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: nbcnews.com is a news outlet (tiered by kind, the record's rules of September 23, 2026). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
Mesa Vice Mayor Jenn Duff said the driest 12 months in 126 years occurred at the time of the vote and data centers are an irresponsible use of water
Sergio Loureiro, vice president of core operations for Microsoft, said the company has pledged to be water positive by 2030, meaning it plans to replenish more water than it consumes globally
Every statement about data centers in Arizona, by speaker
Landon Marston, lead author of a Virginia Tech paper, stated researchers are unsure about the degree to which environmental considerations are in data center siting decisions
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: NBC News (opens in a new tab).
Venkatesh Uddameri, professor and director of the Water Resources Center at Texas Tech University, stated the typical data center uses about 3-5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of a city of 30,000-50,000 people
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: NBC News (opens in a new tab).
Gary Demasi, senior director of energy and location operations at Google, said the company is working to utilize water more efficiently and exploring ways to incorporate circularity
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: NBC News (opens in a new tab).
The pin is the site, as the EPA's facility record places it. Location from an EPA facility record.
The record has one measure of its size: 5 buildings (operator page, datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Meta is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
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.
Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
It is running; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. The newest entry, June 19, 2021: Mesa City Council approved an $800 million data center development on May 17, 2021 [3].
Glendale: Glendale Commission recommended rezoning for a data center plan (September 28, 2026, linkedin.com (opens in a new tab)); 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 (opens in a new tab)). 14 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
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, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.
3 sources on file.
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