Data center profile · 10010 E. Pecos Road, southeast Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

NTT Mesa PH10 (Pacific Proving site, Mesa, Arizona)

NTT's 324 MW (company figure), seven-building campus on 173 acres in southeast Mesa, Arizona; residents contest the city's decision to skip a council vote.

Site plan awaiting approval. Land rezoned Aug. 2024; NTT bought it in Mar. 2025. The Planning and Zoning Board recommended NTT's revised site plan on May 13, 2026, and the city says no council vote is needed. No building or air permit on record.
324 MW
anticipated capacity, NTT says
the 360 MW seen in older reports was the previous owner's plan for six buildings; NTT does not say if 324 MW is IT or utility load
2.26M sq ft
seven buildings and two substations
one private substation and one for SRP, the local utility
$296.4M
NTT's land purchase, recorded Mar. 2025 (county deed)
Pacific Proving LLC and Mesaba Land LLC to an NTT entity; reported as 173 acres (press)
FY2028
first data center to open, NTT says
nothing has been built on the vacant land
OperatorNTT Global Data Centers (NTT DATA, part of NTT Group; owner and operator)
CustomerNone named; NTT sells colocation space
Planned IT capacity259 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 324 MW campus power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2028.
Next deadlineOct. 26, 2026: Opponents' protest at the City Council meeting; no approval date is published
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Aug. 4, 2025
    Substations in the site plan
    NTT's site plan includes two substations, one private and one for SRP. News report · Oct. 2026
  2. Not set
    Service agreement: none public
    No SRP service agreement, contracted MW or tariff filing for this campus is public. see Permits
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 1 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$296.4M
land purchase, recorded Mar. 2025
Pacific Proving LLC and Mesaba Land LLC to NTT Global Data Centers PH10 LLC (county deed records); press reported 173 acres, NTT's release says 174 County deed records · March 2025
$10B
NTT DATA data center investment program through 2027
the company says Mesa is part of this program; no campus-specific budget is public Company · May 2025

Not on record: development, tax abatement or power contract: no agreements, none is public Company · Oct. 2026

Land assembly

1 recorded land document for the campus company in county records (March 2025); 1 lists a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Nov. 2023
    Site Landowner Pacific Proving files a pre-submittal for a 178-acre, six-building, 360 MW installed-capacity campus with no operator named News report · Nov. 2023
  2. Aug. 26, 2024
    Permits Mesa City Council approves the annexation, General Plan change and rezoning for the Pacific Proving campus News report · Sept. 2024
  3. March 2025
    Paper trail NTT buys the site (reported 173 acres) after the earlier plan fell through; the county deed shows $296.4M, recorded Mar. 25, 2025 County deed records · March 2025
  4. May 13, 2025
    Site NTT DATA announces the Mesa campus: seven facilities, 324 MW, first opening in FY2028 Company · May 2025
  5. July 2025
    Permits Mesa adopts its first data center zoning rules; the 2024 approval proceeds under the earlier rules, and whether the new ones reach this site is disputed Local government · Sept. 2025
  6. Aug. 4, 2025
    Permits NTT files its site plan modification with the city (second submittal Sept. 8) Local government · Sept. 2025
  7. May 13, 2026
    Permits Planning and Zoning Board unanimously recommends approval of the site plan modification (a recommendation, not a decision) News report · May 2026
  8. Aug. 7, 2026
    Legal City tells opponents no council vote will be held and NTT can proceed administratively (per the campaign's account) News report · Oct. 2026
  9. Aug. 31, 2026
    Legal Arizona's attorney general calls for a statewide pause on data center approvals; it has no direct legal effect on this site State agency · Oct. 2026
  10. Oct. 5, 2026
    Legal Eight public comments naming the NTT project, all opposed, are filed for the council meeting Local government · Oct. 2026
  11. Oct. 26, 2026
    Legal Opponents plan a protest at the City Council meeting (not a vote on this campus) News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings

Specs

7 buildings 2,257,581 sq ft on 173 acres, with two substations. Company · May 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC: owner and applicant (NTT DATA, NTT Group, Tokyo)
  • Pacific Proving (William Levine): previous landowner and 2024 applicant
  • Burns and McDonnell: NTT's consultant
Power
  • Salt River Project: retail utility, with an SRP substation planned on site
Decision-makers and opponents
  • City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board, Development Services and City Council: land use
  • Maricopa County Air Quality Department: air permits
  • Mesa Valley Indivisible: leading the opposition campaign
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

123 records from 24 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets, company statements, state agency records and court filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 11Local government 5Dataset 4Company 3State agency 2Court filing 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (17)
  • Interconnection status: Salt River Project (SRP) territory: the Mesa-approved plan includes two on-site substations, one private and one for SRP (tree); SRP publishes no public interconnection queue and no SRP document n
    “In 2025, SRP introduced the Large Customer Integration Process (LCIP) to address requests for electricity for new large-load customers such as data centers.”
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 7.822 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 7.852 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • Utility service: not stated
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • PH10 continues the PH building numbering but is a different site
    “NTT DATA has an existing 102-acre campus supporting 240MW of capacity. With the new campus, total planned capacity will be just under 600MW”
  • Power arrangement: grid service from SRP via a new on-site SRP substation plus a private substation (per the city staff report as published). No interconnection queue entry (SRP is outside an ISO), no ACC docket, no publ
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Stated campus size: 324 MW
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • Buildings: 7 buildings
    “to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • NTT DATA announces the Mesa campus in its seven-market land-acquisition release: seven planned facilities, anticipated capacity 324 MW, first data center to open FY2028; the campus sits inside NTT DATA's $10B-through-202
    “This growth is part of NTT DATA's previously announced $10 billion investment aimed at expanding the business through 2027”
  • Utility: SRP (Salt River Project)
    “consisting of seven buildings and two power substations (one private, one for SRP)”
  • Power plan: grid
    “consisting of seven buildings and two power substations (one private, one for SRP)”
  • It is not an NTT figure,
    “six individual data centers of 400KSF and 60 MW of installed capacity each, according to the conceptual site plan. The overall campus would deliver 2.4MSF of gross built area with an installed capacity of 360MW”
  • Stated campus size: 324 MW
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • Site acres: 174 acres
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • Stated campus size: 360 MW
    “At full buildout, the project anticipates up to 1.7 million square feet of floorspace and an impressive 360MW power capacity”
Money and contracts (14)
  • Eight online comments naming the NTT project - all opposed, none in support - in the City's official comment file for the Oct 5, 2026 council meeting; themes: water, energy costs, jobs (a commenter claims only 40-60 jobs
    “Only 40-60 jobs (wages $60K or less) while relying on tax subsidies; Misuse of Critical Water & Energy Resources”
  • Tenants: None named - owner-operator colocation campus; no end-user tenant named in any source found
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • Tenant status: no tenant announced; NTT owner-operator colocation (space marketed by NTT GDC, no named customer)
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • finding - no executed agreement public: missing clause finding - termination/cancellation/conditions/scope
    “Acquired 174 acres in Mesa, Arizona to develop a new multi-data center campus, with seven planned facilities and an anticipated capacity of 324MW”
  • finding - no power supply agreement public: missing clause finding
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 296378800 USD
    “Recorded: March 25, 2025 · Price: $296,378,800 · Grantor: PACIFIC PROVING LLC · Grantee: NTT GLOBAL DATA CENTERS PH10 LLC · Parcel number: 313-25-859H · City: MESA”
  • finding - no development agreement: missing clause finding
    “To see the entire legislation: 1. Staff Report, 2. Narrative, 3. Site Plan, 4. Landscape Plans, 5. Grading and Drainage Plans, 6. Elevations, 7. Citizen Participation Plan, 8. Citizen Participation Report, 9. Presentation”
  • Construction stage: none - land acquired Mar 2025 (~$300M); NTT is modifying a previously approved site plan (application filed Aug 4, 2025); the Mesa Planning & Zoning Board voted unanimously on May 13, 2026 to recommen
    “On May 13, 2026, the Mesa Planning & Zoning Board quickly and quietly voted unanimously to recommend approval of the 2,257,581 sq ft Mesa Data Center Campus known as the NTT Mesa PH10”
  • Site acres: 173 acres
    “NTT Data has acquired 173 acres at the northeast intersection of Pecos and Crismon roads, east of Mesa, for $300 million.”
  • Site acres: 173 acres
    “purchased 173 acres in southeast Mesa, Arizona, for $300 million to develop a data center campus”
  • land purchase (reported): transaction 300000000 USD
    “purchased 173 acres in southeast Mesa, Arizona, for $300 million to develop a data center campus”
  • land purchase (reported): scope 173 acres
    “purchased 173 acres in southeast Mesa, Arizona, for $300 million to develop a data center campus”
  • NTT Global Data Centers acquired the 173-acre Pecos/Crismon site for a reported $300M (Arizona Republic reporting) - among the largest Mesa land sales for a data center; NTT DATA announced the acquisition (as 174 acres)
    “purchased 173 acres in southeast Mesa, Arizona, for $300 million to develop a data center campus”
  • Pacific Proving (William Levine) bought the southern 1,800 acres of the former GM Desert Proving Ground (opened 1953; GM relocated to Yuma 2009) for $45M; part became Legacy Industrial Park. The campus site sits within t
    “Local businessman William Levine acquired the 1,800-acre site in 2004 through Pacific Proving for $45 million”
Permits and government (29)
  • Zoning: Light Industrial (LI-PAD) - annexation, minor General Plan amendment and rezoning approved by Mesa City Council Aug 2024 for the predecessor plan; NTT case is a site plan modification to that approved development
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Opposition: Organized campaign (Mesa Valley Indivisible, No NTT Mesa PH10); eight online comments naming the NTT project - all opposed - in the City's published comment file for the Oct 5, 2026 council meeting; protest p
    “I would like to express my opposition to the proposed NTT Data Center located at East Pecos Road and South Crismon Road”
  • City of Mesa City Council (regular meeting): NTT Data Center - public comment topic (not a council action item); eight online comments naming the NTT project, all opposed
    “I would like to express my opposition to the proposed NTT Data Center located at East Pecos Road and South Crismon Road”
  • site plan modification (major): application submitted Aug. 4, 2025; second submittal Sept. 8, 2025; pre-submittal conference Aug. 5, 2025; first neighborhood meeting Oct. 15, 2025
    “Pre-Submittal Conference - August 5, 2025; Application Submittal - August 4, 2025; 2nd Application Submittal - September 8, 2025; First neighborhood meeting - October 15, 2025”
  • Applicant neighborhood meeting (NTT / Burns & McDonnell, per Citizen Participation Plan): Mesa PH 10 Campus site plan modification - first neighborhood meeting (virtual, per CPP schedule)
    “First neighborhood meeting - October 15, 2025”
  • zoning text amendment (citywide): introduced July 1, 2025 (Item 8-b; P&Z recommendation 6-1) and adopted July 2025 - adds Data Center definition and use standards; principal-use data centers require GI/HI zoning with a PAD
    “Proposed amendments to Chapters 6, 7, 22, 31, 32, and 86 of Title 11 of the Mesa City Code pertaining to Data Centers and Planned Area Development Overlay Districts”
  • City of Mesa City Council (regular meeting): Item 8-b - Ordinance No. 5957: Title 11 text amendments pertaining to Data Centers and Planned Area Development Overlay Districts (citywide)
    “It was moved by Vice Mayor Somers, seconded by Councilmember Spilsbury, that Resolution No. 12395 and Ordinance No. 5957 be adopted”
  • air quality permit: none found - no MCAQD permit or application for NTT / Pacific Proving at 10010 E Pecos Rd appears in web-indexed county records as of Oct. 18, 2026 (facility-level portal query is JS-gated - browser pass
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • No MCAQD air-quality permit/application and no City of Mesa building permit for the site were found as of Oct. 18, 2026; backup-generator fleet size and capacity are undisclosed in every public document found - the largest
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes calls for a statewide pause on data center approvals (legislation urged; no direct legal effect on the PH10 entitlement) and holds the campaign's town hall in Mesa on Oct 14, 2026; Gov. Hob
    “On August 31, 2026, Attorney General Mayes called for a statewide pause on data centers. She urged the Governor and state lawmakers to pass legislation halting data center approvals”
  • Arizona Attorney General town hall (Mesa): Community Conversation on Data Centers - statewide context meeting held in Mesa during the PH10 dispute (Eagles Community Center); AG called for a statewide pause on data center
    “Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced her office will hold a town hall meeting, Community Conversation on Data Centers on Wednesday, October 14, in Mesa”
  • Council study session on Development Plan Modifications under the Administrative Review Text Amendments (A.R.S. 9-500.49): which site-plan changes need Council approval vs administrative approval. This framework later un
    “provide direction to staff on the process to modify site plans (Development Plan Modifications) as part of the proposed Administrative Review Text Amendments, including provisions related to identifying Council approvals and administrative approvals”
  • City of Mesa City Council (study session): Item 26-0166 - direction to staff on the process to modify site plans (Development Plan Modifications) as part of the Administrative Review Text Amendments, incl. provisions ide
    “provide direction to staff on the process to modify site plans (Development Plan Modifications) as part of the proposed Administrative Review Text Amendments, including provisions related to identifying Council approvals and administrative approvals”
  • Mesa Ordinance No. 5957 adopted: data centers become a defined use with specific application, development and operational standards; principal-use data centers require GI/HI zoning with a PAD overlay. Previously approved
    “Establish specific use standards (i.e. application requirements, development standards, operational standards, etc.) for Data Centers”
  • Name: Pacific Proving Technology Campus
    “The commission voted in favor of a general plan amendment and rezoning for both the Pacific Proving Technology Campus and CyrusOne's data center campus”
  • Stage: entitled (2024 predecessor approval); NTT modification pending administrative approval - no council vote per City position stated Aug. 7, 2026
    “the city shifted its story again - now claiming that councilmembers will not be voting on the data center at all and that NTT can proceed administratively”
  • site plan modification: City position stated to residents Aug. 7, 2026: no City Council vote will be held and NTT may proceed administratively; no administrative approval document has been published as of Oct. 18, 2026
    “the city shifted its story again - now claiming that councilmembers will not be voting on the data center at all and that NTT can proceed administratively”
  • Mesa City Council approved the Pacific Proving Technology Campus (annexation, minor GPA, rezoning) in Aug 2024; the approved project subsequently fell through - no development followed and the land was marketed
    “The site, at Pecos and Crismon roads, shown on the map below, was approved by Mesa City Council in August 2024”
  • Mesa Valley Indivisible has called a protest at the Oct 26, 2026 City Council meeting over PH10 (announced as of Oct. 18, 2026; the meeting is a regular council meeting, not a scheduled PH10 vote)
    “Join Mesa Valley Indivisible to protest the data center and the Mesa City Council for silencing its constituents - October 26, 2026”
  • Project status: entitlement
    “Mesa's Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously on May 13 to recommend approval for a large-scale data center project proposed by Tokyo-based NTT Data Group.”
  • Sq ft total: 2257581 sq ft
    “the Mesa Planning & Zoning Board quickly and quietly voted unanimously to recommend approval of the 2,257,581 sq ft Mesa Data Center Campus known as the NTT Mesa PH10”
  • site plan modification (major): recommended approval - unanimous (May 13, 2026 public hearing)
    “Mesa's Planning and Zoning Commission reportedly approved the recommendation quickly and without significant opposition during the May meeting”
  • Mesa Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the NTT campus on May 13, 2026 - the entitlement gate for the Pacific Proving site; A5 rows the press record onl
    “Mesa's Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously on May 13 to recommend approval for a large-scale data center project proposed by Tokyo-based NTT Data Group.”
  • City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board (public hearing): NTT Mesa PH10 - site plan modification to the approved Pacific Proving development (seven buildings, 2,257,581 sq ft) and PAD standard adjustments
    “Mesa's Planning and Zoning Commission reportedly approved the recommendation quickly and without significant opposition during the May meeting”
  • zoning: approved (Aug 2024) - Pacific Proving Technology Campus and Merit Legacy Technology Park both approved; ordinance numbers not retrieved (Legistar meeting fetch timed out - browser pass)
    “The site, at Pecos and Crismon roads, shown on the map below, was approved by Mesa City Council in August 2024”
  • City of Mesa City Council: Pacific Proving Technology Campus (and Merit Legacy Technology Park) - annexation, General Plan amendment and rezoning ordinances
    “The site, at Pecos and Crismon roads, shown on the map below, was approved by Mesa City Council in August 2024”
  • City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board (public hearing): Pacific Proving Technology Campus - General Plan amendment and rezoning (with CyrusOne campus heard the same meeting)
    “The commission voted in favor of a general plan amendment and rezoning for both the Pacific Proving Technology Campus and CyrusOne's data center campus”
  • zoning: recommended approval 6-0 (Jul 24, 2024 hearing); advanced to City Council for final decision
    “The Commission recommended approval for a rezoning and general plan amendment on a 6-0 vote”
  • pre-submittal review: staff reviewed pre-submittal materials and returned initial feedback; minor General Plan amendment required (Mixed Use Community to Employment) before the Light Industrial request could proceed
    “six individual data centers of 400KSF and 60 MW of installed capacity each, according to the conceptual site plan”
Legal (2)
  • Current target date: Nov. 2028
    “It expects to open the first phase of the Mesa campus by November 2028 with up to 360 megawatts”
  • Announced: Nov. 15, 2023
    “Pre-submittal materials have been submitted in Mesa for a major new data center project on 178 vacant acres at the NEC of Pecos Road and the Crismon Road alignment.”
Site and other (10)
  • Developer: NTT Global Data Centers (owner-operator) via NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC; prior landowner Pacific Proving (William Levine)
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Aliases: NTT Mesa PH10; Mesa PH 10 Campus; Pacific Proving Technology Park
    “Mesa PH 10 Campus site located at 10010 East Pecos Road in Mesa, Arizona”
  • Address: 10010 East Pecos Road, Mesa, AZ (northeast corner of Pecos Road and Crismon Road)
    “Mesa PH 10 Campus site located at 10010 East Pecos Road in Mesa, Arizona, otherwise known as Maricopa County Assessor's Office Parcel Number (APN) 313-25-962”
  • Parcel number: 313-25-962
    “otherwise known as Maricopa County Assessor's Office (MCA) Parcel Number (APN) 313-25-962”
  • Owner companies: NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • County code: Maricopa County, AZ (04013)
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Construction stage: none - no construction; vacant land held by NTT; site plan modification recommended by P&Z May 13, 2026, final approval administrative and not confirmed issued
    “NTT Global Data Centers PH10, LLC (NTT) is proposing a site plan modification to the existing approved development”
  • Original target date: not stated
    “The first data center is scheduled to open in FY2028”
  • First announced: Nov. 2023 (predecessor Pacific Proving plan pre-submittal); NTT campus announced May 13, 2025
    “Pre-submittal materials have been submitted in Mesa for a major new data center project on 178 vacant acres at the NEC of Pecos Road and the Crismon Road alignment”
  • Water: Closed-loop cooling system planned; no water-use figure published in any source found
    “The project will use a closed-loop water cooling system to minimize water consumption”

Imagery and records: County deeds: ATTOM.