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Data center campus · El Mirage Rd. and Peoria Ave., El Mirage (LogistiCenter at Copperwing), Maricopa County, Arizona

Compass Datacenters PHX II (El Mirage)

Approved as of June 10, 2024

Compass Datacenters has city site plan approval for a three-building campus on about 121 acres at El Mirage Road and Peoria Avenue, with APS power and waterless cooling. Also known as: Compass PHX II.

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Apache CountyCochise CountyCoconino CountyGila CountyGraham CountyGreenlee CountyLa Paz CountyMaricopa CountyMohave CountyNavajo CountyPima CountyPinal CountySanta Cruz CountyYavapai CountyYuma CountyCompass Datacenters PHX II (El Mirage) · Approved · 108 MW
Power108MW reported · stated
Site121acres

Who is behind it

ProjectCompass Datacenters PHX II (El Mirage)Also: Compass PHX II
Developer and teamCompass Datacenters (through Compass Datacenters, LLC; H&H Capital Acquisition (applicant of record))
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Bisnow, crediting the Phoenix Business Journal, reported that Compass bought the 120-acre site from Dermody Properties for $79.3 million. (Bisnow, June 10, 2024; Data Center Dynamics, June 2024)

  2. The El Mirage P&Z Commission voted 4-0 to extend the site plan. (City of El Mirage Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan. 9, 2024)

  3. Compass asked the city to extend the PHX II site plan approval. Its letter describes three buildings and an APS substation and microgrid still being designed. (City of El Mirage Planning and Zoning Commission, Dec. 18, 2023)

  4. El Mirage's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend a data center site plan on 121 acres at El Mirage Rd. and Peoria Ave. Compass presented and described waterless cooling. (City of El Mirage Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb. 14, 2023)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Records differ on the corner: southwest corner (Feb 2023 minutes, DCD) vs northeast corner (the Compass extension letter). The Jan 2024 minutes use both southwest and southeast.
  • Square footage: more than 600,000 sq ft (Bisnow) or 208,000 sq ft per building (DCD). No campus total is stated in a record.
  • In Feb 2023 the developer expected the first building to be occupied by February 2024. That did not happen on that schedule as far as public records show.
  • This is a separate campus from Compass's Phoenix I campus in Goodyear (Bullard Ave. and Yuma Rd.), which is not tracked here.

The full record

Status note
El Mirage approved the site plan in February 2023 and extended it in January 2024. Compass closed on the land in mid-2024. I found no public record of construction since then.
Power note
108 MW (36 MW per building) for the three-building proposal, per 2023-24 reporting citing AZBEX.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.