Data centers in Mesa, Arizona

Google Mesa facility is air cooled and consumes water typical of a standard office building

Google committed to replenish 120 percent of freshwater consumed by offices and data centers by 2030

Google donated $600,000 to Trout Unlimited for water restoration in Apache County

Indivisible leaders claimed they are not given equal speaking time compared to council supporters and data center project no longer appears on public agendas

City spokesperson said rule changes were implemented to keep meetings safe and productive

Meagan O'Connor and Jillian Ryan lead East Valley chapters of Indivisible opposing NTT project

Taft expressed concern about the project's potential impact on Arizona's water supply

Each building would have internal closed loop and chiller system on roof with closed loop water cooling system filled up only once

EdgeCore project not subject to Mesa's July 2025 data center ordinance because initial application submitted January 2024

Governor Katie Hobbs called in her January 2026 State of the State address for ending tax incentives for data centers

Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, xAI, Oracle and Amazon Web Services signed a ratepayer protection pledge committing to ensure data center growth will not drive up consumer energy costs

Bill Jabjiniak, EdgeCore senior vice president of national community and government relations, stated SRP sought to expand infrastructure to help meet rising regional energy demand

"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"

Google Mesa data center will reach at least 80% carbon free energy by 2026

Joe Kava, VP Data Centers at Google, said they are proud to put down roots in Arizona with data center and cloud region

Google announced a new Phoenix cloud region in addition to the Mesa data center

Google will use air cooled technology instead of water cooling in Mesa

Since 2017, Google has matched energy usage with renewable energy purchases

Mesa Mayor John Giles announced the Google data center project

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

Joe Kava, vice president of data centers at Google, announced the Mesa data center project

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced the Google Mesa data center project on September 6, 2023

Governor Katie Hobbs stated Google's investment will be critical for Mesa community and state economy

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

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

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

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

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

Mayor John Giles said the Google project is a home run and a great day for Mesa

Jobs created would average at least $65,000 annually in positions such as systems administrators, technicians, facilities employees and support services

Mesa Mayor John Giles stated Mesa has a tech corridor anchored by Apple at one end and Google at the other

Councilman Jeremy Whittaker said the Google investment was huge for Mesa