Apple Mesa Data Center (Global Command Center)

Facility record

Lifecycle

OperationalSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

33.3615205, -111.6012177

Serving utility, source-reported

Salt River Project (SRP)

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-08-31

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2018Operational

   Operational Global Command Center (converted GT Advanced sapphire plant); $2B, 1.3M sq ft; latest expansion completed April 2018 per Data Center Knowledge.

   Underlying source

Source notes

Apple's Global Data and Command Center at 3740 S Signal Butte Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County — a converted former GT Advanced sapphire plant (~1.3M sq ft), operational in the ~2016-2018 window, a $2B investment (Mesa Now / Data Center Knowledge), solar-powered. Functions as Apple's worldwide data-center monitoring/command hub. Apple's Feb 2025 newsroom names Arizona among states for continued data-center capacity expansion. As of July 2026, no site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. A January 2014 Federal Register notice from the Foreign-Trade Zones Board describes the proposed subzone at 3740 S. Signal Butte Rd as 83.17 acres. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the Signal Butte Rd address, not a surveyed building footprint.

Apple partnered with SRP in 2014 to site the 282-acre, 50MW Bonnybrooke solar farm in Florence, AZ, operational December 2016.

Sources and provenance

• Grand opening for Apple's Arizona Data and Global Command Center in Mesa — $2B, 1.3M sq ft · source retrieved 2026-07-19
• Step Inside Apple's Data Center in Arizona — 1.3M sq ft, latest expansion completed April 2018 · source retrieved 2026-07-19
• Apple plants crowning achievement for renewable energy in Mesa (Arizona Technology Council) · source retrieved 2026-07-24
• Apple is building a solar-powered data 'command center' in Arizona (Quartz) · source retrieved 2026-07-24
• Federal Register, FTZ Board docket S-5-2014 — 'The proposed subzone (83.17 acres) is located at 3740 S. Signal Butte Rd, Mesa, Arizona.' · source retrieved 2026-08-31
• Cult of Mac — 'Approximately 150 people work at the Mesa facility.' · source retrieved 2026-08-31
• Federal Register — approval of FTZ Subzone 221A for the Mesa site · source retrieved 2026-08-31

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.