$3B Data Center Venture Slated for Avondale

Prime Data Centers has broken ground on three data centers in the first phase of its $3 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot, hyperscale campus in Avondale, Ariz., near Phoenix. Commercial Search reports five buildings are planned for the 66.5-acre, 240-megawatt campus called PHX01. Three buildings have been leased; two remain available.

Each building is a 267,000-square-foot facility with 48 megawatts of critical IT load capacity.

The campus, designed for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads, will be powered by an on-site 250-megawatt dedicated substation. Phase 1 of the substation construction will deliver 144 megawatts of critical IT capacity.

The Avondale campus is committed to 100 percent renewable energy. In addition, the facility will use a closed-loop cooling system designed to achieve zero process water use during operations, eliminating the need for ongoing water consumption in the cooling process.