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Mesa’s claim on the unofficial title “Data Center Alley” just got stronger with a boost from a $1 billion project. At its May 17 meeting, Mesa City Council approved a development agreement for a company that plans to build a data center on Elliot and Ellsworth roads in the northwest corner of Eastmark. A mystery company will invest “north of $800 million — well north of $800 million,” according to Mayor John Giles. Though one council member vehemently spoke out against yet another water-guzzling business, the unnamed tech company will join a growing crowd of data...

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It may never rival Silicon Valley, but Mesa is fast becoming Data Center Alley. Several global companies are at various stages of plans to start crunching and storing data in southeast Mesa. Most people have heard of Google and Apple – RagingWire, not so much. And many around Mesa have heard Apple already has a sprawling data center and Google is planning an even bigger one around southeast Mesa’s Elliot Technology Corridor, which runs along the north side of Eastmark. But while the secretive Google is taking its time on a project Mayor John Giles and Mesa City Council were crowing ...