Edged Energy has broken ground on a data center in Phoenix, Arizona.

The company this week announced the start of construction on a data center in the Mesa area of the city.

Located at 8811 E. Warner Road, east of Highway 202, Edged Phoenix will be built for high-density AI workloads and equipped with waterless cooling.

Reports Edged was planning a Phoenix data center surfaced early last year. Set on 12 acres, the two-story facility will offer 36MW across 210,000 sq ft (19,510 sqm). The data center is expected to come online in late 2025.

The groundbreaking event was attended by Mesa city officials and key project partners. Haydon Building Corp is the local general contractor and energy will be provided by local utility provider Salt River Project.

“This project would not be possible without the support and leadership of the city of Mesa and the Arizona Commerce Authority. Together, we share a deep commitment to innovation and sustainability,” said Frank Scandariato, director of platform delivery at Edged.

Edged Phoenix will be equipped with the ThermalWorks waterless cooling system. The modular system, from Edged’s sister company ThermalWorks, supports densities of up to 70kW per rack with air cooling and 200kW per rack with plug-and-play liquid cooling integration.

Edged Energy is part of Endeavour, which was set up by Aligned founder Jakob Carnemark. The company has data centers either operating or in development in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; and across the US including Missouri, Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and Illinois.

The company broke ground in New Albany, Ohio, earlier this week.

Phoenix is a major data center hub, with the Mesa area home to Polish software firm Comarch, EdgeCore, Meta, Google, and NTT. Across the rest of Phoenix, the likes of Stack, Stream, Prime, Aligned, Iron Mountain, Vantage, Compass, QTS, EdgeConneX, Expedient, Centersquare, and H5 are all present. Microsoft operates a cloud region out of the area.