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Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk)

Google Mesa Data Center is an AI data center campus developed by Google in Arizona, Mesa. 0.40 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Energized · Google · Private land · WECC · Mesa, Arizona, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded

Announced-to-energized gap: 0.40 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

67th-largest announced of 102 tracked campuses37th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 324,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)
Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) capacity claims
Source
Announced0.40 GW2025-06-01claimedtracker

Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0.40 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

Google

Developer

United States

Location

WECC

Grid

private land

Land

1

Facilities tracked

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

First Arizona DC / air-cooled design (primary Google)
Google's sustainability blog (Mar 14 2024) states construction had started on its first Arizona data center in Mesa, designed with air-cooled technology to minimize net environmental impact across water and energy, and projected the Mesa site would be operational in 2025 (Google The Keyword, Mar 14 2024)
SRP 430+ MW carbon-free supply agreement (primary Google)
Google announced an energy supply agreement with Salt River Project (SRP) to support more than 430 megawatts of new-to-the-grid carbon-free capacity in Arizona (wind, solar, and battery storage) from three NextEra Energy Resources facilities on SRP's grid: Sonoran Solar Energy Center, Storey Energy Center, and Babbitt Ranch Energy Center. Google projected the agreement would help Arizona operations reach at least 80% hourly carbon-free energy by 2026. The 430+ MW figure is contracted clean-energy supply, not a disclosed campus IT/critical-load rating (Google The Keyword, Mar 14 2024)
Community programs (primary Google)
Alongside the SRP deal, Google said it is funding Mesa Shade Tree Program workshops (about 600 new trees per year) and provided $100,000 to Mesa College Promise for free community-college tuition support (Google The Keyword, Mar 14 2024)

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The story of Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk)
Announced capex
$600M
Cooling
Air-cooled
Derived
Cost per MW
$2M/MW

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

In clusterArizona(149)

The deal

utility
Salt River Project (SRP)
operator
NextEra Energy Resources · Operator of the contracted generation, not the data center.
operator
Google
offtaker
Salt River Project · SRP procures >430 MW new carbon-free capacity from NextEra facilities to supply the Google Mesa campus (agreement announced March 18, 2024)

Power

Power source
solar storage
Grid operator
WECC
Interconnection
Water
Air-cooled to minimize water consumption given regional water scarcity (Google)

SRP/NextEra carbon-free supply, 0.43 GW solar, Announced. 430+ MW of new carbon-free capacity contracted via SRP; blends wind, solar and battery storage.

Sonoran Solar Energy Center, 0.26 GW solar, Energized. 260 MW solar + 1 GWh (4-hr) battery storage; NextEra facility south of Buckeye, AZ; commissioned and operational. Part of SRP agreement supplying >430 MW carbon-free to Google Mesa

Storey Energy Center, 0.09 GW solar, Energized. 88 MW solar + battery storage; NextEra facility in Coolidge, AZ; commissioned and operational

Babbitt Ranch Energy Center, 0.16 GW wind, Under construction. 161 MW wind, NextEra facility in Coconino County (north of Flagstaff); under development. Part of SRP >430 MW carbon-free agreement

County water status: Extreme drought (D3) in Maricopa County, week of 2026-09-29 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Google Mesa Data Center sits on private land in Arizona, Mesa. It connects to the WECC grid, draws on solar storage power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Redhawk Phase 1 capital outlay
$600M. Committed spend threshold by July 2025 (Phase 1 completion deadline) journalist report
Redhawk full campus buildout (est.)
$1B. Full ~750,000 sq ft buildout valuation journalist report

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Investment, workforce and specs

Capex
Phase 1 capital outlay committed by July 2025 source
Cooling
Air-cooled source

Facilities at this campus

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    party added
    offtaker: Salt River Project
  3. Oct 2026
    Current: Energized

Sources

121efb2d-c261-49da-af33-27e6a989a1b1 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

Google Mesa Data Center vs Google Midlothian Campus →Google Mesa Data Center vs Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township →Google Mesa Data Center vs Google Fort Wayne / New Haven Data Center →Google Mesa Data Center vs Project Llano →Google Mesa Data Center vs Google Pryor (MidAmerica) Data Center Campus →

Common questions

What is Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk)?
Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Mesa. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) use?
Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) has 0.40 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk)?
Google is recorded as a party to Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk) is energized and operating. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk)?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Google Mesa Data Center (Redhawk): AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/google-mesa-redhawk

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