Tokyo-based NTT Data Group Corp. just closed on 173 acres of vacant land in east Mesa, paying a record $300 million for the parcel on which it plans to build a huge data center.
The land is at the northeast corner of Pecos and Crismon roads on the former GM Proving Grounds, which is owned by Mesa BA Land LLC and Pacific Proving LLC, which in turn are owned by Levine Investments and Andrew Cohn.
Mesa City Council approved a zoning case last August for the former GM Proving Grounds property to pave the way for a data center that could include seven data halls with 1.7 million square feet, a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and a 106,000-square-foot, two-story office building. The exact scope of NTT’s project is not yet known…