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Exact rezoning/air-permit approval status not confirmed.","keyFacts":[{"label":"PHX3 Glendale filing / 16 buildings ~3M sq ft (reported)","value":"DCD reports QTS filed plans for QTS PHX 3 in the Glendale area of Maricopa County as a 16-building campus of about 180,000 sq ft each (~3 million sq ft total) north of Camelback Road and west of Loop 303 along Cotton Lane, with a reported 29-acre substation. AZBEX similarly reports City of Glendale plans for a 16-building, nearly 3 MSF campus on land in the C|303 industrial park ([DCD, May 28 2024](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/); [AZBEX, May 24 2024](https://azbex.com/planning-development/3msf-data-center-campus-planned-in-glendale/))","sourceUrl":"https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/"},{"label":"750 MW critical capacity / acreage / land cost (reported)","value":"DCD states QTS's website lists the campus at 375 acres with 750 MW of critical capacity, and that QTS acquired the site in July 2022 for $255.3 million after submitting initial plans to Glendale in early 2023. AZBEX cites 391 acres and the same $255.3M 2022 purchase with planned power capacity of 750 MW; prefer treating 375 vs 391 acres as a reporting variance pending a primary QTS page snapshot ([DCD, May 28 2024](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/); [AZBEX, May 24 2024](https://azbex.com/planning-development/3msf-data-center-campus-planned-in-glendale/))","sourceUrl":"https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/"},{"label":"Phasing / workforce framing (reported)","value":"AZBEX reports the multi-phase project would begin with southern buildings and build out over several years with buildings developed in pairs. DCD quotes a QTS spokesperson (via BizJournal) on long-term Arizona partnership and hundreds of specialized contractors and IT professionals needed once the site is in operation ([AZBEX, May 24 2024](https://azbex.com/planning-development/3msf-data-center-campus-planned-in-glendale/); [DCD, May 28 2024](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/))","sourceUrl":"https://azbex.com/planning-development/3msf-data-center-campus-planned-in-glendale/"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-750mw-campus-in-phoenix-arizona/","date":"2023-01-01","title":"QTS files for 750MW campus in Phoenix, Arizona","publisher":"Data Center Dynamics"},{"url":"https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/qts-eyes-3rd-phoenix-data-center-campus/","date":"2023-01-01","title":"Blackstone's QTS Eyes Phoenix Data Center No. 3","publisher":"Commercial Property Executive"},{"url":"https://azbex.com/planning-development/3msf-data-center-campus-planned-in-glendale/","date":"2024-05-24","title":"3MSF Data Center Campus Planned in Glendale","publisher":"AZBEX"}],"reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:24:50.169Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T05:52:59.736Z","location":{"id":"760348ca-28c3-4d35-98c5-213ce2f966f4","name":"Glendale","slug":"glendale-arizona","kind":"city","parentLocationId":"559f49c3-1532-4c6f-b055-4d83a05fb88b","region":"West Coast","lat":33.5386858,"lng":-112.185994,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:24:49.788Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T03:20:12.226Z"},"parties":[{"id":"611d1305-88d4-4dad-9a7e-c89163e10932","dataCenterId":"65cc65ec-d466-4830-a24f-34926a4a9436","companyId":null,"externalName":"Blackstone","role":"financier","structureNotes":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:24:52.510Z","company":null},{"id":"0dc219ab-1a02-4733-ba24-275a76d555cd","dataCenterId":"65cc65ec-d466-4830-a24f-34926a4a9436","companyId":null,"externalName":"Arizona Public Service (APS)","role":"utility","structureNotes":"Glendale/Loop 303 corridor; 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