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Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US)
Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) is an operating data center in Boydton, Virginia (Mecklenburg County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced August 2010, a reported $2 billion investment.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Boydton, Mecklenburg County, VA
- Coordinates
- 36.6597, -78.3649 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $2 billion
- Announced
- August 2010
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 350 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Governor's Opportunity Fund grant, $2 million, Virginia, 2010 | Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission grant, $5 million, Virginia / Mecklenburg County, 2010 | Virginia Jobs Investment Program (training assistance), Virginia, 2010
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- July 17, 2026OperatingStatus change recorded. Source: Microsoft (local.microsoft.com)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor's Opportunity Fund grant | $2 million | Virginia | 2010 |
| Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission grant | $5 million | Virginia / Mecklenburg County | 2010 |
| Virginia Jobs Investment Program (training assistance) | Not established | Virginia | 2010 |
Notes on the record
This is the PARENT Microsoft Boydton campus, one of Microsoft's oldest and largest US data center campuses, hosting the Azure 'East US' region, first announced 2010 (~$499M initial investment) and expanded repeatedly through 2011/2013/2014/2015/2019 (cumulative >$2B investment). Distinct from the already-tracked microsoft-skipwith-road-campus-mecklenburg-va (a separate 2022 six-building permit). Located east of Highway 92 / west of Highway 608 (Ridge Road); addresses cited across sources include 101 Herbert Drive and 925 Ridge Rd, Boydton VA, sources differ on whether these are the same 175-
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Microsoft Panhandle Road Campus (AVC17 expansion) · Boydton · Microsoft1 mi · Proposed
- Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) · Boydton · Microsoft3 mi · Permitted
- Microsoft Tunstall Road Campus (Hillcrest / AVC09) · South Hill · Microsoft16 mi · Permitted
- Natelli Vance County Campus (proposed) · Henderson · Natelli Investments25 mi · Proposed · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) in Boydton?
Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US)?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) appears in the record we track as of July 25, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US), and how big is it?
Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US)," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-boydton-bn-campus-mecklenburg-va.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/microsoft-boydton-bn-campus-mecklenburg-va, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Microsoft Boydton datacenter fact sheet · Microsoft (local.microsoft.com) · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Microsoft Azure East US-Virginia, 101 Herbert Drive, Boydton VA · datacenters.com · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.Microsoft Boydton VA Data Center, 175-acre site, 10 buildings, built 2013, $2B+ invested since 2010 · baxtel · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 4.Microsoft files for another Virginia campus in Mecklenburg County (named corroboration only, DCD 403-blocks fetch) · DatacenterDynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 5.yourgv.com, Microsoft's $2B investment in Southern Virginia fulfills early vision · retrieved July 25, 2026
- 6.VEDP press release, Governor McDonnell Announces Microsoft to Locate Major Data Center in Mecklenburg County · retrieved July 25, 2026 · original offline, archived copy from July 10, 2026
- 7.VEDP case study, Microsoft Corporation's Expanding Virginia Footprint · retrieved July 25, 2026
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