Prime, a developer and operator of hyperscale and wholesale data centres in America and Europe, has announced expansion into the Phoenix market with a five-building, 66.5-acre campus in Avondale.
Prime Phoenix will feature 210 megawatts of critical power and 1.3 million square feet of space. The project will culminate in a sustainable, high-density data centre campus designed to support hyperscale services providers, large Internet brands, global technology companies and the Fortune 500 enterprise.
“Phoenix presents an incredible growth opportunity for Prime as a top-five, North American data centre market with increasing demand from cloud and enterprise data centre buyers,” said Chris Sumter, EVP of Acquisitions at Prime.
“With compelling state tax incentives, power costs 16% to 18% below national averages and low risk of natural disasters, Phoenix will sustain its position for years to come. This project will further Prime’s commitment to sustainability and technology advancement through efficient enablement of higher power densities and recycled water.”
The Avondale location is in Maricopa County a few minutes west of downtown Phoenix. Dark fibre access from the campus will provide customers with low-latency connectivity to local carrier-hotel meet-me rooms and Internet exchange points. The first data centre at the campus is projected for Q3 2025 completion and will provide 260,400 square feet and 42 critical megawatts to the capacity-constrained market.
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Prime to Avondale,” said Avondale Mayor Kenneth Weise. “With Prime’s data centre campus and investment of more than two billion dollars, Avondale is poised to become a next-generation technology hub. This will foster lasting, positive economic growth for years to come with hundreds of permanent and temporary jobs created with the construction of each data centre.
“Also, the sustainable campus design aligns with local and state government commitments to water conservation, energy efficiency and the proliferation of clean energy consumption.”
Prime will provide customers access to reliable, 100% renewable energy. Additionally, the closed-loop cooling system at each Phoenix data centre will save millions of gallons of water when compared to evaporative systems. The result will be near-zero Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) and 97% less water consumed than an equally sized residential neighborhood.
