EdgeCore, the Denver-based data center developer that once teased one of the Valley’s biggest hyperscale campuses, is quietly hitting the brakes in Mesa. The company has sliced roughly 800,000 square feet from its plans and reworked the site into a two-building campus, a notable downshift from the supersized vision that was making the rounds not long ago.
The slimmer proposal consolidates development into a tighter footprint beside the nearby Salt River Project switchyard, according to recent site plans and renderings. The city’s planning staff is expected to receive the updated paperwork ahead of a public review, as reported by the Phoenix Business Journal.
EdgeCore’s earlier mega vision
Not long ago, EdgeCore was in expansion mode. The company assembled roughly 44 acres to more than double its Mesa holdings and marketed a full buildout of about 3.1 million square feet with roughly 450 megawatts of critical load. That larger concept is still reflected on DLR Group’s project page, which lists the 3.1 million square foot target, while industry coverage in Commercial Property Executive detailed the land purchases that made that scale possible.
Power, permits and the neighborhood
Salt River Project is lined up as the utility partner for the Mesa site, a major reason data center developers have clustered in this part of the East Valley. The campus’s adjacency to SRP switching gear helps explain why the corridor has become such a magnet for large-scale projects.
Data Center Dynamics notes that SRP power is already online for portions of the campus, even as the latest redesign heads into the public process. The city’s Planning & Zoning Commission is slated to take up the revised site plan on March 26, 2026, according to the Phoenix Business Journal.
East Valley data center reality check
Across the East Valley, massive data center campuses have sparked ongoing debate over water use, grid upgrades and public subsidies. Several recent proposals have been reshuffled or slowed as utilities juggle capacity, permitting timelines lengthen and local officials take a closer look at long-term impacts…