In a region of the country that is already booming with data centers of varying size and scope, a proposal has been aired for the building of a data center complex campus in metro Phoenix that could cost as much as $14 million to complete.
The project, as presented by data center developer Tract, which is based in Denver, will be spread out over a swath of some 1,000 acres and will ultimately see the construction of 30 separate buildings.
A new player in the data center world, Tract specializes in what it calls “responsible data center growth” through the development of master planned data center parks. In the last several months the company has purchased more than 2,700 acres in metro Reno, Nevada for the ongoing development of a data center campus there.
Tract’s metro Phoenix project will ultimately encompass a building footprint of some 5.6 million square feet, with the structures themselves ranging in size between 149,000 square feet and 260,000 square feet.
To be called Project Range, the development will go up just to the north and south of Yuma Road, bordered by Perryville Road and Jackrabbit Trail.
Work on Project Range is expected to begin next year, with a rough completion date of sometime in late 2026 or early 2027.
Tract was launched in the fall of 2022 with the stated goal of building a portfolio of land for hyperscale and wholesale data centers.
In January of this year, the company announced that it was entering an exclusive collaboration agreement with Nashville-based Silicon Ranch, an independent producer of solar energy, battery storage and carbon solutions to build green data center campuses.
By Garry Boulard
