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Developer could be eyeing data center in Scottsdale

Commercial real estate developer Baker Development have listed the General Dynamics site at 82nd Place as a site for a possible project. Company officials have expressed to City Councilwoman Solange Whitehead desires to build a data center in Scottsdale.

(J. Graber/Independent Newsmedia)

While no formal applications have been made with the city, one Valley developer has spoken to one city council member about putting a data center in Scottsdale.

Scottsdale City Councilwoman Solange Whitehead said someone from Baker Development — a Chicago firm with its headquarters in Scottsdale — approached her at an event about possibly building a center in Scottsdale.

No details where discussed before she shut the conversation down, Whitehead said.

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