Technology infrastructure company, Aligned Data Centers, will be continuing its investment and expansion in the Phoenix market with two new land acquisitions. Aligned’s future mega campuses will total over 400 MW of IT load and approximately two million square feet area. This will give customers the essential capacity and scalability they need in one of the nation’s fastest-growing data center markets.
“Aligned is focused on meeting the capacity demands of our customers today, while constantly innovating across every aspect of our business to ensure their future data center requirements will be met long-term,” says Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned. “Our expansion in greater Phoenix is an example of Aligned’s power-first approach to asset procurement as well as strategic investments across our design and construction, supply chain and vendor-managed inventory program, and team to deliver capacity at maximum speed and scale.”
Aligned’s Phoenix data center campuses
Aligned has two Phoenix expansions underway, which will bring the company’s total construction projects to 470 MW. These projects are scheduled to be completed in 2022.
Aligned’s new Phoenix campuses will use Delta³™ cooling technology, which is patented and award-winning, in combination with a waterless heat rejection system. This will preserve local water resources. The Delta³ also enables customers to Expand on Demand™, scaling incrementally in place up to 50 kW per rack without stranding capacity. In accordance with its commitment to sustainability and environmental integrity, 100% of Aligned’s IT load is matched with renewable energy sources across its entire data center portfolio.
Phoenix is a good place to operate a data center because it has extensive fiber access, a diverse energy mix, lower power costs, and low disaster risk. Additionally, Aligned Phoenix customers can take advantage of the 20-year sales tax exemption on the data center equipment.
“Phoenix is one of the largest and most dynamic data center markets in the U.S., and has become a much sought-after destination for hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and large enterprises looking to deploy their digital infrastructure in proximity to the West Coast,” states Andrew Schaap.
In March 2022, Aligned announced expanding Phoenix Campus by adding a fourth data center for hyperscale growth. The greenfield deployment is expected to meet an aggressive construction timeline as a response to the growing demands for capacity and Aligned’s intelligent and adaptive infrastructure solutions among hyperscalers in the greater Phoenix region.
Many hyperscalers, cloud companies, eCommerce businesses, financial service providers, healthcare organizations, technology companies, and telecom providers are choosing to operate in Phoenix because it is close to many major cities, and they can deliver services without latency.
Other expansions announced by Aligned
The several other expansions announced by Aligned this year include a 36 MW data center in Dallas, a third hyperscale facility on its Salt Lake campus, a new multi-facility campus in Northern Virginia, an extension of its flagship Phoenix campus with a new data center for supporting existing customer growth, a 36 MW facility in Chicago, and a multi-facility hyperscale campus in Frederick County MD.
Aligned’s latest expansion on its 19-acre, flagship hyperscale campus in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area, DFW-02 will stand at 220,000 sq. ft. and offer a critical capacity of 36 MW across 185,000 sq. ft. of data hall space upon completion. It will stand adjacent to Aligned’s DFW-01 data center.
Aligned announced its expansion in Northern Virginia with the development of a second hyperscale data center campus in Sterling. The 10-acre campus will house two buildings and enable Aligned to meet the demands of its hyperscale customer for adaptive and quickly scalable infrastructure in the largest data center market in the world.
It expanded in the Salt Lake City market with the planned development of SLC-03, which is a new data center on its hyperscale campus in West Jordan, Utah. The Build-to-Scale project will add over 100 MW of capacity to the campus for meeting hyperscale demand for Aligned’s scalable and sustainable infrastructure. Andrew Schaap said, “This is our fourth hyperscale data center in the Salt Lake City metro area – a market we entered just three-and-a-half years ago. Our expansion in the Silicon Slopes is a testament to Aligned’s continuous ability to deliver critical capacity quickly – wherever our customers require it.”
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