2020 was an extraordinary year for the data center industry, with record leasing and a boom in the construction of new facilities throughout Greater Phoenix. In fact, a report by JLL found that Phoenix almost doubled its data center absorption over the past 12 months, increasing from 26 megawatts in 2019 to 51 megawatts in 2020. That puts the city in the Top 3, behind North Virginia, with 323 megawatts absorbed, and Chicago, with 59 megawatts.
