Data Center Atlas
Meta Mesa Data Center
Expansion
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Five-building Meta campus on 396 acres at the southeast corner of Elliot and Ellsworth Roads in Mesa, Arizona (3841 S. Ellsworth Road). Meta broke ground in August 2021 on a USD 800 million, two-building plan; in May 2022 it added three buildings, taking the campus to about 2.5 million sq ft and more than USD 1 billion. DPR Construction is the builder. The first two buildings went live in January 2025, with the rest expected around 2026, and Meta now cites a USD 1.2 billion investment. Salt River Project's 200 MW Brittlebush solar plant dedicates its full output to the campus.
Source record as of 2025-01-31 · Details and sources
The City of Mesa's public building-inspection records show physical expansion work on Meta's Mesa campus at 3841 S Ellsworth Road: on permit PMT26-03021 ('Building 17', a new 144,640 sq ft data storage building whose foundation was built under the 'MAZ7 - At Risk - Foundation' permit) city inspectors recorded 34 approvals or partial approvals between 4 August and 20 October 2026, including framing, plumbing, mechanical and electrical rough-in and above-ceiling inspections, the latest an electrical rough-in partial approval on 20 October 2026. This records expansion work at the existing Meta Mesa data center as of 20 October 2026. It does not establish the completion of Building 17 or any change to the operating buildings, and the record's imported locator is unchanged. evidence
City of Mesa, Arizona (Development Services) · published 2026-10-24
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta Mesa Data Center
Expansion last observed as of · Authoritative status update
This record reports partially operational as of 2025-01-31. KTAR News
Location: Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, US. Coordinates are the Mesa city coordinates from its Wikipedia page, not the site. Sources give the street address (3841 S. Ellsworth Road, at the southeast corner of Elliot and Ellsworth Roads), but it was not converted to coordinates because no geocoder was used. KTAR News; KTAR News; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 800,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2021 | Original two-building plan. | Data Center Knowledge; KTAR News |
| Investment | more than 1,000,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2022-05-06 | After the expansion to five buildings. | Data Center Knowledge; Construction Dive; KTAR News |
| Investment | 1,200,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Figure on Meta's current fact sheet, given as investment in Arizona. | Meta Platforms |
| Land area | 396 acres | Acquired · Campus | 2025-01-31 | KTAR News; KTAR News | |
| Floor area | about 2,500,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2023-12-06 | About 2.5 million sq ft after the 2022 expansion; Construction Dive gives more than 2.5 million sq ft of data center and administrative space across five buildings. | Data Center Knowledge; Construction Dive |
| Buildings | 5 count | Planned · Campus | 2023-12-06 | Construction Dive; KTAR News | |
| Buildings | 2 count | Operational · Phase · Phase 1 | 2025-01-31 | KTAR News | |
| Jobs construction | 2,000 count | Reported · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Skilled trade workers on site at peak construction, per Meta's fact sheet. | Meta Platforms |
| Jobs permanent | more than 200 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Operational jobs once the campus is complete. | Meta Platforms |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; Data Center Knowledge | |
| Meta Platforms | Operator | KTAR News | |
| DPR Construction | Builder | Construction Dive | |
| Salt River Project | Utility | Meta Platforms; KTAR News | |
| EDP Renewables North America | Power supplier | Partner with Salt River Project on the Brittlebush solar plant, whose entire output is dedicated to the Mesa data center. | KTAR News |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Site acquired | Actual | KTAR News | |
| 2021-08 | Construction started | Actual | Groundbreaking in August 2021. | Meta Platforms; Data Center Knowledge |
| 2022-05 | Expansion announced | Actual | Three buildings added to the original two. | Data Center Knowledge |
| 2025-01-30 | First operational | Actual | Meta announced that the first two buildings were serving traffic. | KTAR News |
| 2026 | Fully operational | Planned | Builder DPR targeted completion in 2026, and Meta said the second phase would likely open that year. | Construction Dive; KTAR News |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Supplied by Salt River Project; Meta says it planned its energy needs with the utility and pays the full cost of the energy it uses. | Meta Platforms |
| Solar | The 200 MW Brittlebush Solar Park near Coolidge in Pinal County, a Salt River Project collaboration with EDP Renewables North America, has all of its capacity dedicated to the Mesa data center. | KTAR News |
No 2026 report was found confirming that buildings three to five are in service; Meta's fact sheet (s1) says the data center went online in 2025 but gives no building status. The fact sheet shows no publication date (embedded file creation date 2026-09-02), so figures that rest on it alone are dated to the access date, 2026-10-09. Meta bought the 396-acre site in 2021 for USD 123.2 million.
Sources for these details
- Meta Mesa Data Center fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- Meta Is Adding Three Data Centers to Already Massive Mesa Campus — Data Center Knowledge; 2022-05-06
- Meta selects DPR for $1B Arizona data center — Construction Dive; 2023-12-06
- New SRP solar facility to provide power for Meta data center in Mesa — KTAR News; 2024-08-04
- First phase of Meta's Mesa data center project open; more under construction — KTAR News; 2025-01-31
- Mesa, Arizona — Wikipedia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: DPR Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Salt River Project (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Salt River Project (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: EDP Renewables North America (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- City of Mesa Building Inspections - Public (cu25-6qwx): inspections on Meta Mesa MAZ7 permits PMT26-03021 (Building 17), PMT25-19703 and PMT26-10697 at 3841 S Ellsworth Rd evidence row
City of Mesa, Arizona (Development Services) · published 2026-10-24 · Government record - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 7 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 33.42220, -111.82280
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Coordinates are the Mesa city coordinates from its Wikipedia page, not the site. Sources give the street address (3841 S. Ellsworth Road, at the southeast corner of Elliot and Ellsworth Roads), but it was not converted to coordinates because no geocoder was used.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- f2e0aa56
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Mesa Building Inspections - Public (cu25-6qwx): inspections on Meta Mesa MAZ7 permits PMT26-03021 (Building 17), PMT25-19703 and PMT26-10697 at 3841 S Ellsworth Rd Archived copy | City of Mesa, Arizona (Development Services) Government record | Physical status | public-record-source-terms | City of Mesa, Arizona — Development Services building inspections open data (Building Inspections - Public) | 3b1fddb681891d0997fdbfa330ba74b094963bba9d8def5b9dd940f580ee7361Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| First phase of Meta's Mesa data center project open; more under construction Archived copy | KTAR News News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Fully Operational, Milestone: Site Acquired, Operator claim | source-terms-not-recorded | KTAR News | b4ddaee95726a15b394d36df32272b9c62c805c45a4771aacace536e66426ab8Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Mesa, Arizona Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 1e9742c3285ff879bc6c36994eae7d57d386905de7432d34f12918d5ee27b7bfFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Meta Is Adding Three Data Centers to Already Massive Mesa Campus Archived copy | Data Center Knowledge Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Expansion Announced, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Data Center Knowledge | 9ba8c40ffae779237a086f8de9eef297cdde5d26849120ec0ce9d21eba8368d0Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta Mesa Data Center fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 8c61ac9cfeaf4986b6f78e5f36d67c93fa10f12d5b55840fa27c5519a6900a63Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Meta selects DPR for $1B Arizona data center Archived copy | Construction Dive Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Fully Operational, Role: Builder | source-terms-not-recorded | Construction Dive | a49828a572bb2edaab83b39dc6efbe49eb130fb89e45ce92d9186461099a3e0eFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| New SRP solar facility to provide power for Meta data center in Mesa Archived copy | KTAR News News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Land Area, Power Source: Solar, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | KTAR News | 41df4f5eaf30563fd3c891ec0de8841757f5b89cb2cd164d0599ecba319de11fFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Mesa Data Center [site vcc-site-cb8ab0ad35bb603ea3ba]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-cb8ab0ad35bb603ea3ba/
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