NTT has acquired more land in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona, for data center development.
Local press, including BizJournal and ConnectCRE, report that NTT Data paid $300 million for 173 acres east of Mesa on the northeast corner of Pecos and Crismon roads for a data center campus.
NTT has confirmed the acquisition of the 174-acre site to DCD. A spokesperson for the company said the plan is for seven buildings, with the first one being available in November 2028.
Levine Investments and Andrew Cohn owned the land through Mesa BA Land and Pacific Proving LLC. The group bought 1,805 acres for $45 million in 2004. Levine, through Pacific Proving, got the green light for the Pacific Proving Technology Campus in September 2024.
Nathan & Associates Inc. and JLL negotiated the deal.
First proposed in November 2023, the Pacific Proving Technology Park will be built on nearly 170 acres on the northeast corner of Pecos and Crimson roads, and will see seven data halls developed with nearly 1.7 million sq ft (157,935 sqm) of total floorspace, alongside a 100,000 sq ft warehouse and a two-story office building, according to a presentation shared during the meeting. The data center campus is expected to offer 360MW of capacity.
An earlier iteration of the Pacific Proving campus would have had 11 buildings spanning over 2.5 million.
Opened in 1953, the former GM Desert Proving Ground in Mesa was a General Motors facility for the testing of HVAC, propulsion, and other automotive systems in a desert climate. GM relocated to Yuma in 2009.
Part of the proving grounds has since been turned into the Legacy Industrial Park. Another 43-acre data center project, separate from the acquired site and known as the Merit Partners Legacy Business Park, was also approved by council officials last year.
This would be NTT's second site in Phoenix. It operates a 102-acre, 240MW campus a few miles north of the acquired site at 10256 Elliot Road. The first facility, PH1, offers 36MW across 126,000 sq ft (11,705 sqm).
Phoenix is a major data center hub, with the Mesa area home to Polish software firm Comarch as well as EdgeCore, Meta, Novva, Apple, CyrusOne, and NTT. Amazon is planning two campuses in Mesa, while landowner Pacific Proving is also planning to develop a large campus in the area.
Across the rest of Phoenix, the likes of Stack, Stream, Prime, Aligned, Iron Mountain, Vantage, Compass, QTS, EdgeConneX, Expedient, and H5 are all present. Microsoft operates a cloud region out of the area.
