By BEX Staff for AZBEX
With smaller data center users having a difficult time finding space in the currently booming market, phoenixNAP | Global IT Services is planning to build a second data center at 3221 E. Elwood St. in south Phoenix specifically targeting that segment’s needs.
The 530KSF center—phoenixNAP PHX02—will be located across the street from the company’s first data center, a 160KSF facility at 3402 E. University Dr., which was built in 2010, according to a local news report.
phoenixNAP bought the 6.54-acre site for PHX02 in 2021 for $10.2M.
PHX02 will have an initial capacity of 30 megawatts, with the potential to increase to 50MW. The facility will use power solutions from alternative provider Bloom Energy.
The data center will have approximately 15,000 racks, each with a roughly 44kW power density.
The company hopes to have first-floor construction finished by Q4 2026, according to representatives of JLL. The project is represented by JLL’s Mark Bauer, Carl Beardsley, Clark Bauer and Valeria Galindo.
BEX research staff has learned a preliminary plan review request was filed in May 2024. The company filed a zoning adjustment time extension request with the City of Phoenix this February, which was granted in a March 27 zoning adjustment hearing.
Balmer Architectural Group is the project design firm.
