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Arizona facility dossier · sources checked 2026-11-08

Vantage AZ1 campus

Vantage's Goodyear campus was planned as 160 MW of IT capacity across three facilities totaling more than 1 million sq ft, with a closed-loop chilled-water design, a $1.5 billion investment and phase II scheduled for spring 2024. The operator's pages do not confirm the operating date for each building.

At a glance

Operator
Vantage Data Centers
Jurisdiction
City of Goodyear, Arizona
Campus capacity
160 MW IT across three facilities (operator)
Building area
More than 1 million sq ft (operator)
Investment
More than $1.5 billion (operator)
Cooling (operator)
Closed-loop chilled water; air-side economizers

What the sources establish

  • Vantage says its Goodyear campus will offer 160 MW of IT capacity across three facilities totaling more than 1 million sq ft once fully developed. [2]
  • Vantage says it is investing more than $1.5 billion in the project, expected to create about 3,000 construction and technology jobs. [2]
  • The company says the campus uses virtually no water for cooling, with a closed-loop chilled-water system and air-side economizers. [2]
  • Vantage's news release says phase II was scheduled to be operational in spring 2024. [2]

Timeline

  1. 2024-spring — Phase II scheduled to be operational (operator news).

Conflicts and corrections

'Virtually no water for cooling' is the operator's description and is not measured in the sources we retrieved.

What this page does not establish

  • Whether phase II opened on schedule.
  • Status of the third facility.
  • Power service and water permits.

What to check next

  1. Confirm the phase II operating date with Vantage or the city.
  2. Check the Goodyear permit history for each facility.
  3. Pull the APS service filings for the campus.