QTS Phoenix 3 (Glendale Campus)
Glendale, Maricopa County, AZ
QTS Phoenix 3 (Glendale Campus) is a data center under construction in Glendale, AZ, developed by QTS Data Centers. The project is sized at 750 MW. 375-acre site near Loop 303/Cotton Lane, up to 16 buildings / 3M sq ft, 750MW+; land bought $255M from First Industrial in 2022; 29-acre substation.
- 750 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced 2023
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Arizona state legislation
- Council Vote — Denial of AI Data Center Special Use ApplicationChandler City Council denied a special-use application for an AI data center project in December 2025.Download
- ACC Docket E-01345A-25-0105 - APS 2025 General Rate Case (Data Center Rate Class)Filed June 2025, seeking ~14-16% base rate increase including a 45%+ rate increase specifically for "extra-large energy users" (data centers) and a proposed annual true-up mechanism largely tied to data-center-driven load growth.Download
- Pima County Memorandum of Agreement (Project Blue / Humphreys Peak Properties)Binding MOA between Pima County and Humphreys Peak Properties for the 'Project Blue' data center development.Download
- Ordinance No. 5033 (Zoning Code Ch. 35, Sec. 2214)One of the earliest data center zoning ordinances in the US, enacted by Chandler, AZ in December 2022.Download
- ACC Docket E-00000A-25-0069 - Inquiry into Data Center Rate ClassificationsOpened April 2025 -- commission-wide inquiry into rate classification and cost-allocation policy for data centers/large loads ("Growth Pays for Growth"). Workshop held April 2026.Download
- HB2949 - Energy costs; large data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB2452 - Comprehensive plans; data centers; nuclearDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- QTS Data Centers
- County
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Capacity
- 750 MW
- Address
- Glendale, AZ
- Stage
- Under construction
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