QTS Phoenix (PHX2)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
QTS Realty Trust, Inc. operates QTS Phoenix (PHX2) in Phoenix, AZ. Reported capacity is 42 MW. QTS Realty Trust, Inc operates this data center at 1200 N 40th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008. It opened in 2023, covers 337,000 square feet and has 42 MW of IT capacity.
- 42 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- 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 Realty Trust, Inc.
- County
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Capacity
- 42 MW
- Address
- Phoenix, AZ
- Stage
Size: not on file
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