Has Apple Data Center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Apple Data Center.

Where is Apple Data Center located?

Apple Data Center is in Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ.

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Apple Data Center

Q: Who owns Apple Data Center?

Apple Data Center is operated by Apple Data Services LLC and ultimately owned by Apple Inc..

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Arizona?

Arizona reported $38.5M in Computer Data Center TPT/Use Tax Exemption (Deduction Code 565; A.R.S. § 41-1519) for FY2025 (Arizona Department of Revenue, Office of Economic Research and Analysis). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

3740 South Signal Butte Road · Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Source: OpenStreetMap

Apple Data Center is a mapped data center in Maricopa County, AZ, operated by Apple Data Services LLC and ultimately owned by Apple Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 1,338,261 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 16, 2026

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Real parent

Apple Inc.

Operator

Apple Data Services LLC

Est. capacity

~260-550 MW

Footprint

1,338,261 sq ft

Interconnection

~75 MW

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Overview

source: link

Apple Inc. data center

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Apple Inc.
Files as
Apple Data Services LLC
This facility
Apple Data Center

In the news

source: Google News

Data-center discussions in Maricopa County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

Phoenix Committee

Jun 14, 2023 · 1 data-center mention

Chandler City Council

Oct 14, 2021 · 1 data-center mention

Chandler City Council

Sep 14, 2020 · 1 data-center mention

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Arizona reported $38.5M in Computer Data Center TPT/Use Tax Exemption (Deduction Code 565; A.R.S. § 41-1519) for FY2025 (Arizona Department of Revenue, Office of Economic Research and Analysis). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Meridian in Mesa, is 0.7 mi from this site (791 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.