Data centers in the Phoenix market

About the Phoenix market

The directory lists 88 data centers in the Phoenix market, 12th among the 64 markets it covers and 3 percent of all listings in the United States. They are run by 26 operators in 12 towns and cities. Phoenix itself holds 34 of them, 39 percent of the market, followed by Mesa with 13, Chandler with 12, Goodyear with 9 and Tempe with 7.

Listings are spread across many operators. Aligned has the most, 6, followed by Centersquare, Iron Mountain and Microsoft with 5 each, and Digital Realty and QTS with 4 each. 43 records are colocation sites, 8 belong to hyperscale operators and 3 are cloud regions.

Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. Of the 5 buildings with a published IT load, NTT's PH1 and PH4 in Mesa are tied as the largest at 36 MW each, followed by Centersquare's PHX1 in Phoenix at 13.3 MW. Of the 3 with a published utility supply, Evocative's Phoenix Data Center (PHX1) is the largest at 69 MW, ahead of Digital Realty PHX15 in Chandler at 54 MW. By floor area, Evocative's PHX1 also leads at 550,000 square feet, ahead of PHX15 at 508,000.

3 facilities are planned, all from QTS: Phoenix 2, Phoenix 3 and Phoenix 4. 1 facility holds an Uptime Institute certification, at Tier III.