By EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure announced the expansion of its data center campus in Mesa. Additionally, EdgeCore announced it has received the Green Building Initiative‘s Green Globes for Existing Buildings certification for its adoption of sustainable building best practices at the initial data center on the campus.
At full build-out, EdgeCore’s LEED and Energy Star designed campus in greater Phoenix will be capable of supporting a minimum of 200 MW of critical load and will be engineered to meet current and future customer requirements across more than 1.1MSF of space. Low-cost utility power is already available at the site, as is access to multiple long-haul fiber routes operated by national and regional carriers, all of which enables reliable, low-latency connectivity to key cloud regions.
In part due to its sustainable facility design, EdgeCore’s data centers in Mesa qualify for two separate tax incentives through the State of Arizona, resulting in 20 years of cost savings for customers. The first incentive includes a 10-year TPT, or sales tax, and use tax exemptions at the state, county and local levels on qualifying data center equipment purchases and labor services. The second 10-year tax incentive is unique to data center operators such as EdgeCore that construct facilities using green building standards.
Administered by the Green Building Initiative, Green Globes for Existing Buildings is a nationally recognized green rating assessment and certification system that ensures projects meet clearly defined criteria in six assessment areas: ESG Management, Site, Energy, Materials, and Indoor Environmental Quality. In addition to evaluating EdgeCore documentation in each of these performance areas, the Green Globes certification process included an onsite project walkthrough of EdgeCore’s PH01 data center to verify implementation.
In November 2022, EdgeCore was acquired by Partners Group. Partners Group will invest up to $1.2B to fund the acquisition and buildout of existing and future data center sites. This expansion announcement in the greater Phoenix area is the third of several development projects EdgeCore has planned for 2023. (Source)
