Novva Mesa Arizona

Proposed data center in Warner Road and Ellsworth Road, Mesa. Operated by Novva.

This is a proposed or under-construction project. It is not operating capacity, and announced projects do sometimes change scope or fail to proceed.

• Capacity at full build-out: 300 MW
• Land: 160 acres
• Expected: 2026

Capacity: Operator's own figure: at full build-out. Novva: a 300 MW campus built over two phases. The source does not say what the figure measures.

Working here

Per-facility headcount is not published here: no reliable public figures exist for these sites, and construction announcements are not permanent employment. Open Arizona roles at this operator, where there are any, are listed on the operator's company page.

How we know this

Compiled from public records and checked on 2026-10-07. Confidence in this record: high. Blank figures mean the number is not publicly established, not that it is zero.

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• Status: Proposed

  Note: A listing site shows the first building as under construction.

  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): the first phase, with 96 Megawatts of Critical IT Load, will lau nch in late 2026
  • [2] City of Mesa, City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board public hearing, January 22, 2025: agenda items and actions (Mesa Legistar) (January 22, 2025): ZON24-00291 "Project Borealis," Agenda Ready PZ Zoning - Action [...] Approved (Vote 5-0; Boardmember Peterson and Blakeman, absent)

• Capacity at full build-out: 300 MW

  Note: This is the planned size of the whole campus over two phases.

  • [3] Novva Data Centers, Arizona Data Center | Data Storage in Mesa, AZ | NOVVA (read October 7, 2026): 160 acre campus with over 1.3 million square feet of data center space 300 MW campus built over 2 phases
  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): announced plans to build a 300MW data center campus on 160 acres of land

• Land: 160 acres

  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): announced plans to build a 300MW data center campus on 160 acres of land
  • [3] Novva Data Centers, Arizona Data Center | Data Storage in Mesa, AZ | NOVVA (read October 7, 2026): 160 acre campus with over 1.3 million square feet of data center space 300 MW campus built over 2 phases

• Expected: 2026

  Note: This is the first phase launch date Novva announced in 2024.

  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): the first phase, with 96 Megawatts of Critical IT Load, will lau nch in late 2026

• Location: Warner Road and Ellsworth Road, Mesa

  • [4] City of Mesa, City of Mesa Legistar matter PZ 25008, ZON24-00291 Project Borealis, Mesa (January 15, 2025): located at the northwest corner of East Warner Road and South Ellsworth Road.
  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): at the northwest alignment of Ellsworth and Warner roads in southeast Mesa.

• Mesa's Planning and Zoning Board approved the site plan and special use permit on January 22, 2025, for the site at the northwest corner of East Warner Road and South Ellsworth Road.

  • [2] City of Mesa, City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board public hearing, January 22, 2025: agenda items and actions (Mesa Legistar) (January 22, 2025): ZON24-00291 "Project Borealis," Agenda Ready PZ Zoning - Action [...] Approved (Vote 5-0; Boardmember Peterson and Blakeman, absent)
  • [4] City of Mesa, City of Mesa Legistar matter PZ 25008, ZON24-00291 Project Borealis, Mesa (January 15, 2025): located at the northwest corner of East Warner Road and South Ellsworth Road. Site Plan Review and Special Use Permit for a Data Center.

• Novva plans five data center buildings.

  • [5] Data Center Dynamics, Novva confirmed as behind Project Borealis data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona (August 19, 2024): The proposals would see five data centers, each totaling 225,585 sq ft (20,960 sqm), built on land bordering East Warner Road, South Ellsworth Road

• Its first phase, 96 MW of computing (IT) load, is expected in late 2026.

  • [1] Novva Data Centers, Novva Data Centers Announces New Campus in Mesa (August 21, 2024): the first phase, with 96 Megawatts of Critical IT Load, will lau nch in late 2026