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Iron Mountain Data Centers AZS-1

Maricopa County, AZ

Source: OpenStreetMap

Iron Mountain Data Centers AZS-1 is an operating data center in Maricopa County, AZ, operated by Iron Mountain Incorporated.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Iron Mountain Incorporated
Operator
Iron Mountain Incorporated
Interconnection
~75 MW
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

Operator chain

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

These tax breaks are recorded to Iron Mountain Incorporated (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
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

Modeled estimate~1.6M gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~951K gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~648K gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 75 MW (interconnection capacity): 2.5 L/kWh cooling (arid climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
47
O3
Good
39
PM10
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$78.5K
People of color
24%
Below poverty
6%
Tract population
3,040

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Great Hearts Academies - Scottsdale Prep in Scottsdale, is 1.1 mi from this site (875 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.