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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Novva Mesa Data Center Campus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Novva Data Centers
- Address and locality
- Mesa · Maricopa County · Arizona
- Official metro area
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 23 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001061
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Salt River Project (SRP)
- Power source
- Solar
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 160 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $3 billion
- Announced jobs
- 200 permanent
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- August 2024
Provider notes
Energy. 100% renewable energy goal; backup generators designed for second-generation biofuel and HVO
Water. The applicant's filed project narrative describes a closed-loop water cooling system (60% water / 40% glycol), filled once at roughly 200,000 gallons per building, with no evaporative or condensing loss and free cooling below 72°F ambient. Novva's press materials describe the same system as 'water-free air-cooling'; the filed engineering description is the more precise source.
What the source record says
Located near Ellsworth and Warner roads, southeast Mesa. Five data halls, 1.3M sq ft data hall space, 200,000 sq ft office, two-phase buildout over ~10 years. Sixth Novva campus nationally, first in Arizona. Architectural design honors Hohokam heritage. Coordinates approximate. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Checked Novva's own announcement page (2026-09-10); it markets design amenities ('dedicated acreage offering public pathways for the community') but documents no actual public hearing, resident feedback, or official statement of support/opposition. No community-reception record found in this source.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2024-08 · source-reported proposed
Novva won 165-acre Mesa state land auction for $62.7M; campus previously filed under name Project Borealis
- 2025-01 · source-reported under construction
Construction underway; Phase 1 (96MW critical IT load) targeting late 2026 opening
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa · Novva Data Centers
- Novva confirmed as behind Project Borealis data center campus in Phoenix · Data Center Dynamics
- City of Mesa case ZON24-00291 ('Project Borealis') Project Narrative — 'Each of the data hall buildings will utilize a closed-loop water cooling system... Crucially, no evaporative methods are used for reducing air temperature'
- City of Mesa Planning Division staff report, ZON24-00291 — 'Site Size: 159± acres', parcel 304-31-141
- Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa · PR Newswire / Novva Data Centers
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID novva-mesa-az. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
Operator’s own listing
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- Name as listed
- Arizona Data Center
- Address as published
- Mesa, AZ
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Total power capacity: 300 MW.
Site area: 160 acres.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001061
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Mesa, AZ · Maricopa (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Novva Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: August 2024
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2024-08 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-01 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 160 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Salt River Project (SRP)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Solar
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $3 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 200 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-23
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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