PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix area is a hub for a new kind of high-tech business. They are called data centers, and they serve as storage facilities for online information, including photos, videos, spreadsheets, files, and nearly everything that modern humans don’t store on their own phones or computers.
“All of that data that we’re using has to be stored somewhere,” said Kevin Thompson, who is the chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
He says the speed at which data centers began popping up across the Valley and the state is alarming. “I think it took everyone by surprise,” said Thompson…