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Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03)

Bristow, Prince William County, Virginia · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

OperatingMixed receptionAI mixed useRecord updated July 17, 2026

Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) is an operating data center in Bristow, Virginia (Prince William County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2021, 83 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Operating

Operator
Microsoft
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
Bristow, Prince William County, VA
Coordinates
38.7280, -77.5600
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
83 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2021
Utility
Dominion Energy Virginia
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Mixed reception
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.

  1. 2025
    Operating
    MNZ03 reported as operational per Baxtel third-party tracking database; year built listed as 2025; described as fully operational Azure facility Source: Baxtel
  2. January 2021
    Proposed
    Microsoft acquired 83 acres at 8008 Devlin Road for $83.84M and an adjacent 9.6-acre parcel; multi-phase campus planned, first building (MNZ03) to comprise 250,000 sq ft over three stories Source: Datacentermap.com

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) in Bristow, Prince William County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. MNZ03 was built by-right on the former Atlantic Research rocket-testing site (existing heavy-industrial zoning within the county's data-center overlay), so it required no rezoning and faced no site-specific hearing.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

MNZ03 was built by-right on the former Atlantic Research rocket-testing site (existing heavy-industrial zoning within the county's data-center overlay), so it required no rezoning and faced no site-specific hearing. But it sits at the epicenter of Prince William County's data-center opposition, supervisors denied a nearby data center 4 to 2 in Sept 2025, residents sued over an adjacent rezoning, and the county is moving to end the overlay district. Microsoft is eligible for Virginia's data-center sales-and-use tax exemption, but state law bars disclosure of recipients and amounts.

Source: InsideNova

Power and water

Grid-served by Dominion Energy Virginia (per an interconnection tracker); no on-site generation is reported.

MNZ03 became operational around the 2024 to 25 transition in Microsoft's cooling standard (from evaporative-assist to closed-loop, zero-water evaporation for new designs), and the specific system installed here is unconfirmed. Microsoft reported reaching corporate 'water-positive' status in FY2025.

Notes on the record

Microsoft does not publicly disclose data center locations; sourced from public property records and third-party tracking databases. 8008 Devlin Road, Bristow. Adjacent to Amazon's Devlin Technology Park parcel and within Prince William County's Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. Coordinates approximate. Status updated to operational per Baxtel (year built 2025); datacentermap.com returned HTTP 429 during fact-check and could not be independently read.

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
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
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.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Our reporting on this site

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) in Bristow?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) in Bristow, Prince William County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. MNZ03 was built by-right on the former Atlantic Research rocket-testing site (existing heavy-industrial zoning within the county's data-center overlay), so it required no rezoning and faced no site-specific hearing.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03)?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03) 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 Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03), 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. The site is recorded at 83 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03)," updated July 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-bristow-mnz03-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-bristow-mnz03-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. 1.Microsoft 8008 Devlin Rd Data Center, Datacentermap.com · Datacentermap.com · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Microsoft MNZ03 Data Center, Baxtel · Baxtel · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Microsoft Gainesville/Bristow Data Center MNZ03, interconnection.fyi · interconnection.fyi · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Sustainable by design: Transforming datacenter water efficiency, Microsoft · Microsoft · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Prince William supervisors deny Bristow Campus data center following protest, InsideNova · InsideNova · retrieved July 6, 2026

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