Phoenix

Few U.S. metros are being reshaped by digital infrastructure investment as fast as Phoenix. Arizona has attracted over 60 semiconductor expansions representing roughly $205 billion in announced investment through the end of the decade, anchored by TSMC's fabrication buildout and backed by federal CHIPS Act funding. The Phoenix data center market itself is on pace to grow from 2.4 gigawatts in 2025 to 4.5 gigawatts by 2030, an 18.5% annual growth rate. That combination of chip manufacturing, hyperscale build-out, and enterprise migration off the West Coast has made the Valley one of the most active infrastructure markets in the country, and NetActuate's Phoenix facility (PHX) sits right in the middle of it. Velocityretail

The data center itself was engineered with a clean-sheet design and sits at the intersection of the two largest fiber rings in the market, with carriers reaching the building through two independent vaults for true physical path diversity. NetActuate extends its global network directly to the Phoenix Internet Exchange (Phoenix-IX), giving customers fast, local access to other carriers without routing traffic out of state.

Arizona's electricity runs roughly 20% cheaper than California's, alongside a ten-year sales-tax exemption on qualifying equipment, which is a major reason enterprises are shifting workloads here instead of absorbing coastal power and real estate costs. The desert climate also works in the facility's favor: no hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes, and a chilled-water cooling system built on redundant Daikin-McQuay chillers keeps operations stable through the summer heat. Velocityretail

Backed by HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, and SSAE 18 Type II compliance, with biometric access control and round-the-clock CCTV monitoring, PHX is built to support regulated, latency-sensitive workloads at the scale this market now demands.

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