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Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus
Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Douglasville, Georgia (Douglas County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced January 2024, 160 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Douglasville, Douglas County, GA
- Coordinates
- 33.7547, -84.7427
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 160 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- January 2024
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- 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
- Development Authority of Douglas County property-tax abatement (a county official confirmed Microsoft is enrolled in an incentive program; amount and term are not in the public record), plus Georgia's statewide data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (the state does not disclose company-level amounts), Douglas County / Georgia, 2021
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- June 2024Under constructionPhase I construction commenced; full Azure East US 3 cloud region launch targeted 2027 Source: Data Center Dynamics
- January 2024ProposedPlans filed for four 245,000 sq ft technology facilities on 160-acre parcel at 1601 North River Road as part of Azure East US 3 region
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. The mayor welcomed Microsoft's arrival and a county official cited it as a model incentive recipient, but Douglas County enacted two 90-day moratoriums on new data centers in 2025 over ratepayer and infrastructure concerns and is reviewing abatement terms; no Microsoft-specific opposition was found.
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.
The mayor welcomed Microsoft's arrival and a county official cited it as a model incentive recipient, but Douglas County enacted two 90-day moratoriums on new data centers in 2025 over ratepayer and infrastructure concerns and is reviewing abatement terms; no Microsoft-specific opposition was found.
Power and water
Grid-served by Georgia Power (the regulated utility). A secondary tracker reported ~144 MW critical / 216 MW total campus load, but the primary source could not be confirmed.
The Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority (Dog River Reservoir) is the provider; no facility-specific water volume is published. Microsoft pledges to be 'water positive' by 2030 and reports an 80%+ reduction in water intensity company-wide.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Authority of Douglas County property-tax abatement (a county official confirmed Microsoft is enrolled in an incentive program; amount and term are not in the public record), plus Georgia's statewide data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (the state does not disclose company-level amounts) | Not established | Douglas County / Georgia | 2021 |
Notes on the record
Four 245,000 sq ft technology facilities totaling ~980,000 sq ft on 160-acre parcel at 1601 North River Road, Douglasville. Part of Azure East US 3 region alongside facilities in East Point and Palmetto. Coordinates are Douglasville city centroid; actual site is northern Douglasville.
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
- 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.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
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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.
- Vantage Data Centers Douglasville Campus · Douglasville · Vantage Data Centersunder 1 mile · Proposed
- Google Douglasville Data Center · Douglasville · Googleunder 1 mile · Operating
- DC BLOX Atlanta West (ATL1) · Lithia Springs · DC BLOX5 mi · Under construction · 120 MW · Mixed reception
- Flexential Atlanta - Douglasville 1 · Douglasville · Flexential7 mi · Operating · 22.5 MW
- Flexential Atlanta - Douglasville 2 · Douglasville · Flexential8 mi · Operating
- Switch Atlanta: The KEEP · Lithia Springs · Switch9 mi · Operating
- Liberty Road Data Center Campus (EdgeConneX) · Villa Rica · EdgeConneX (applicant East Village Dothan LLC)9 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
- Digital Realty ATL11 · Austell · Digital Realty9 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus in Douglasville?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. The mayor welcomed Microsoft's arrival and a county official cited it as a model incentive recipient, but Douglas County enacted two 90-day moratoriums on new data centers in 2025 over ratepayer and infrastructure concerns and is reviewing abatement terms; no Microsoft-specific opposition was found.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of July 6, 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 Douglasville Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus 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 Douglasville Data Center Campus, 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 160 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus," updated July 6, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-douglasville-ga.
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-douglasville-ga, 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 to launch new cloud region in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2027 · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Details Emerge On Microsoft's $1.8 Billion Investment In Atlanta Data Centers · Data Center Frontier · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Microsoft aiming to build 1 million sq ft data center in Douglasville, GA, Data Center Dynamics · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Commissioner: Tax incentives aren't 'free money', Douglas County Sentinel · Douglas County Sentinel · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 5.Data Centers Sales & Use Tax Exemption, Aggregate Expenditures by County, Georgia DOR · Georgia Department of Revenue · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 6.Data center moratorium extended to determine impact on ratepayers, Douglas County Sentinel · Douglas County Sentinel · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 7.Sustainable by design: Transforming datacenter water efficiency, Microsoft · Microsoft · retrieved July 6, 2026
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