Start here: two big names that aren't in Phoenix#
Ask an AI who offers data center space in Phoenix and you'll probably hear Equinix. Cross it off. It's the most common wasted week in a Phoenix search.
Why does it keep happening? The biggest providers write most of what's published, so they show up in every answer, whether they're in the city or not. Here's the longer version.
What Phoenix does have is a deep, varied bench: a downtown carrier hotel (the building where the networks meet), several huge suburban campuses and a strong group of mid-size providers.
Who runs data centers in Phoenix#
Every building below comes from our own verified Phoenix directory, checked against the provider's own material on August 26, 2026. Sizes and power figures are the provider's unless marked. None of them tells you what's available.
Where most buyers under a megawatt will land#
| Provider | Site | Location | Published size | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty | PHX10 | 120 E Van Buren St, Phoenix | 275,000 sq ft · 31.4 MW (after a finished 25 MW utility upgrade) | The downtown carrier hotel and the metro's busiest network meeting point. QTS runs separate suites at the same address. |
| Iron Mountain | AZP-1 | 615 N 48th St, Phoenix | 588,669 sq ft · 41 MW · Uptime Institute Tier III | A 39-acre campus. One of very few buildings here with a real outside certification of its uptime design. |
| Iron Mountain | AZP-2 | 4802 E Van Buren St, Phoenix | 309,066 sq ft · 48 MW | Same campus as AZP-1. A 100G fiber ring ties AZP-1, AZP-2 and AZS-1 together, so the three work as one deployment. |
| Iron Mountain | AZS-1 | Scottsdale (street address not published) | 121,000 sq ft · 5.7–5.8 MW | The Scottsdale end of the same fiber ring. |
| Evocative | PHX1 | 2500 W Union Hills Dr, Phoenix | 550,000 sq ft · 69 MW · 1.15 PUE | The biggest single building in our Phoenix directory, from a provider most buyers haven't heard of. Dark fiber runs to the downtown carrier hotel. Address comes from a third party. |
| Csquare | PHX1 | 615 N 48th St, Phoenix | 40,456 sq ft · 13.3 MW UPS | The old Cyxtera site. Shares its address with Iron Mountain AZP-1: one building, two providers. |
| Csquare | PHX3 | 1301 W University Dr, Mesa | 50,256 sq ft · 8.0 MW UPS | Csquare confirms the site. The street address isn't provider-confirmed. |
| EdgeConneX | PHX01 | 3011 S 52nd St, Tempe | 79,200 sq ft · 6.50 MW | AWS and Azure private connections confirmed in this building. That's rare anywhere in our directory. |
| Flexential | PHX01 | 1850 W Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix | 5.02 MW | Flexential's one confirmed Arizona building. |
| Expedient | Phoenix | 3402 E University Dr, Phoenix | 46,000 sq ft · 3.6 MW · leased | Best when you also want Expedient's managed cloud or disaster recovery in the same building. |
| phoenixNAP | Phoenix | 3402 E University Dr, Phoenix | ~200,000 sq ft (some listings say 90,000) · ~20 MW | Arizona's first AWS private-connection site (2017), with Azure too. Changing hands, see below. |
Very large campuses#
These rent whole halls and multi-megawatt blocks rather than a few racks. They fit big projects.
| Provider | Site | Location | Published size | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne | PHX1–PHX8 (Chandler campus) | 2305–2335 S Ellis St, Chandler | 2,000,000 sq ft · 169 MW across 85 acres | The largest Phoenix capacity in our directory. No rate card. Its Azure link here is US Government cloud only, not commercial Azure. Nobody publishes how much of the 169 MW is free. |
| Digital Realty | PHX15 | 2121 S Price Rd, Chandler | 508,000 sq ft · ~32.6 MW (outside estimate) | Digital Realty doesn't publish megawatts, so treat this number as a guess. |
Names to cross off#
These still show up in listings. Don't put them on a Phoenix bid list.
- DataBank looks like it has left. Its own directory lists no Phoenix site, while outside listings still show one. Don't count on DataBank here.
- DataBank at 2121 S Price Rd is a listing error. That address is Digital Realty's PHX15.
- 365 Data Centers left around 2016–17. All it has in Arizona now is a network node inside someone else's building, and you can't rent space in that.
Also in the market#
These providers operate in metro Phoenix too. We haven't finished checking them, so we list presence only: QTS, Vantage (Goodyear), STACK (Phoenix and Avondale), EdgeCore (Mesa), Stream (Goodyear), H5 (Chandler), Edged (Ahwatukee) and Aligned. Most build for very large tenants.
Networks and cloud connections#
Phoenix's networks meet in two places. Which one you're near decides how easily you connect.
- 120 East Van Buren Street, downtown. The carrier hotel, with Digital Realty PHX10 and QTS inside. If you need lots of carriers and cheap cross-connects, start here.
- The Sky Harbor cluster around 615 N 48th Street. Iron Mountain's campus and Csquare PHX1. Iron Mountain's fiber ring makes its three buildings act as one.
Confirmed cloud on-ramps#
A cloud on-ramp is a private line straight into AWS or Azure, inside the building. Two are confirmed in Phoenix:
- EdgeConneX PHX01 (Tempe): AWS and Azure.
- phoenixNAP: AWS since 2017, plus Azure. Mind the sale above.
Everywhere else, the cloud is reached over a network or a partner like Megaport. That works, but it adds distance and another company to call when it breaks. Ask whether your cloud connection is in the building or reached over a network.
The power squeeze, and what it means for you#
Phoenix is short on power, and that shapes every growth plan here. Land and fiber aren't the problem anymore.
Arizona Public Service peaks around 8,200 MW across its whole system. Data centers have asked it for roughly 30,000 MW. The state says that load could nearly triple what APS and SRP serve today.
The utilities are rationing, not promising. SRP makes big customers fund upgrades up front, and Arizona paused new data center tax-break applications from July 2026 to June 2029. That's a tax pause, not a building ban.
How to buy here#
- Power that's already live beats a big campus. Ask whether the capacity you're quoted is switched on today or waiting on the utility.
- Campus size isn't availability. "169 MW on this campus" tells you nothing about what you can have.
- Ask where they sit in the utility's line for anything that needs new power.
- Lock in room to grow when you sign. Growth takes longer here than the brochures say.
When Phoenix is right for you, and when it isn't#
Phoenix fits when#
- You want the western US without California's costs or earthquakes. That's the city's oldest and strongest argument.
- You need a backup site for a California or Pacific Northwest primary. Far enough apart to be safe, close enough to stay fast.
- You need roughly 2 to 40 racks and want real competition. The mid-size bench is deep, and they'll fight for a deal a global name would shrug at.
- You need a very large block of space. The Chandler and West Valley campuses are big by any standard.
Phoenix doesn't fit when#
- You'll need a lot more power here in the next few years. That's the best reason to look elsewhere.
- You need the deepest network market in the country. Phoenix is solid, but it isn't Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles.
- You want one global provider on one contract. The two names built for that aren't here.
- Water use is a hard line for you. Cooling varies a lot building to building, so ask.
When a big name is the right call#
- Digital Realty PHX10 when you need the most carriers in one place downtown.
- Iron Mountain when security, compliance or a certified uptime design is a must.
- CyrusOne Chandler when you need several megawatts together.
Big names belong on your list because they fit, not because they're famous. Put them in the same bid as everyone else.
What data center space costs in Phoenix#
No provider here publishes a price list. Every price is a quote. The dollar figures online come from old forum posts, so don't anchor on them.
For a rough sense only, asking rates averaged around $196 per kW per month for 250–500 kW deployments across North America in the second half of 2025. That's a continent-wide asking price, not what you'll pay.
Here's what actually moves your number in Phoenix. Premium and mid-size prices sit far apart, so a bid across all of them beats one across three global names. And with power this tight, fight for room to grow and capped renewals.
How to run a data center bid covers what to ask for so the quotes line up.
Common questions#
Who are the data center providers in Phoenix?#
Does Equinix have a data center in Phoenix?#
Is there a data center power shortage in Phoenix?#
Is Phoenix a good place for data center space?#
Who has space? Here's how you find out#
This page can't tell you who has space today. Every figure above describes a building, not what's free in it. Space opens and closes month to month.
The only real answer comes from asking every provider that fits, at the same time, about your project. Clectiv AI does that for you, so you get live answers in days, not months.