The site plan shows there will be five 290,023-square-foot buildings and one substation near a housing subdivision.
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A CyrusOne data center is to be built on the west side of the 3200 to 3300 blocks of South Crismon Road and the east side of the 3200 to 3300 blocks of 96th Street in Mesa.
A nearly 1.5 million-square-foot data center being built by a Dallas-based company is to be constructed on 66 acres north of Elliot Road and east of Crismon Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board on July 9 discussed the look and landscaping for the CyrusOne Data Center.
The site plan shows there will be five 290,023-square-foot buildings and one substation near a housing subdivision.
“The applicant has worked to make sure the north elevations for two buildings that are adjacent to that north property line are enhanced because of the visibility from the single-residence subdivision,” Staff Planner Cassidy Welch said at the meeting. “They are required to provide 1,615 spaces; however, as part of a parking reduction, they are proposing 281 spaces.”
Sean Leroy of Cyrus One is the applicant. C-1 Mesa LLC is the owner.
Five new two-story data center facilities and an on-site Salt River Project switchyard and CyrusOne-owned substation are planned, Leroy wrote in a project narrative.
“The proposed data centers and supporting infrastructure will house customer data hall spaces and office spaces. The proposed project will include electrical infrastructure improvements involving screened ground-mounted diesel fuel generators with enclosures and mechanical screened roof-top HVAC units,” it states. “A building height increase based on similar data center facilities within the area is being proposed as a modification to the current city code of 40 feet. The building will be approximately 53 feet tall at roof ridge, 59 feet tall at top of chiller platform with equipment screening at 69 feet tall and a roof access parapet at 63 feet tall.”
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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