(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Iron Mountain.)
By Audrey Jensen | Phoenix Business Journal
While 80% of American data centers are located east of Mississippi, Phoenix has become a rapidly growing data center market because of its available land, workforce and infrastructure.
That’s according to a panel of experts who spoke on the emerging trends in the data center industry at the Urban Land Institute’s 20th annual Trends Day in Arizona on Feb. 21.
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“Data centers are an economic engine creating tens of thousands of jobs and contributing billions to Arizona’s GDP. Our cities and schools and fire and police departments are all collecting millions of dollars in property taxes from these high-tech uses. Not to mention data centers are necessary for a modern thriving economy.” -Court Rich, director of the renewable energy & utility infrastructure department at Rose Law Group