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Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA is a permitted data center in Rome, Georgia (Floyd County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2023, 347 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Rome, Floyd County, GA
- Coordinates
- 34.2700, -85.1600
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 347 acres
- Investment
- $1 billion
- Announced
- 2023
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 150 permanent
- Public subsidy
- 12-year partial property tax abatement on buildings + 9-year partial abatement on equipment, granted by Floyd County Development Authority via industrial revenue bonds; land value taxes and Floyd County school taxes remain payable on the land portion, Floyd County, GA, 2023
- Community reception
- Supported
- 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.
- 2023PermittedPublicly announced October 30, 2023 at RFCDA meeting; authority votes to issue industrial revenue bonds and grant partial tax abatements; project entering design phase with completion target 2027 to 2028 Source: Data Center Dynamics
- 2021PermittedRome Floyd County Development Authority begins working with property owner Floyd County 118 LLC to rezone 347-acre Huffaker Road parcel to Heavy Industrial Source: Northwest Georgia News
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 25, 2026. RFCDA chair Jimmy Byars: 'This is a tremendous economic opportunity for our community that will have positive impacts for decades to come.' Floyd County Schools and Rome City Schools superintendents both expressed enthusiasm for workforce training partnership.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
RFCDA chair Jimmy Byars: 'This is a tremendous economic opportunity for our community that will have positive impacts for decades to come.' Floyd County Schools and Rome City Schools superintendents both expressed enthusiasm for workforce training partnership. Microsoft Director of Community Engagement Paul Englis noted 150 jobs is likely 'a bit on the low side.' No opposition documented at October 2023 announcement. Floyd County's 2025 moratorium on new data centers was not directed at the Microsoft project, which had already been filed.
Power and water
No public utility service agreement confirmed as of 2026-07-07. Georgia Power is the regional electric utility for Floyd County. A January 2025 Georgia PSC rule approved special terms for new large data center customers using >100 MW.
No water usage figures or cooling system type disclosed publicly as of 2026-07-07.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-year partial property tax abatement on buildings + 9-year partial abatement on equipment, granted by Floyd County Development Authority via industrial revenue bonds; land value taxes and Floyd County school taxes remain payable on the land portion | Not established | Floyd County, GA | 2023 |
Notes on the record
Investment described as '$1 billion' in RFCDA announcement; Data Center Dynamics and Business Facilities use 'more than $1 billion' framing, treated as a floor, not a firm single figure (investmentUsd omitted per data policy). Completion targeted 2027 to 2028. Site is 347 acres on Huffaker Road, east of Fouche Gap Road, in unincorporated Floyd County, adjacent to Georgia Power-owned land; land purchased at $40,000/acre (~$13.9M). Microsoft stated site selection was driven by 'Rome and Floyd County's industrial zoning and strong infrastructure.' Microsoft committed to covering all costs for additional infrastructure (power, water, roads) so ratepayers and taxpayers are not burdened. Part of Microsoft's broader East US 3 Georgia cloud build-out; announced to bolster Azure cloud services. Floyd County enacted an 80-day moratorium on new data center permits (2025) but explicitly noted previously filed projects including Microsoft's can proceed. Capacity MW not disclosed. Coordinates are approximate; actual parcel is on Huffaker Road in unincorporated Floyd County.
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
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.
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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.
- Coosa Data Center (Project Gracie) · Rome · Atlas Development LLCunder 1 mile · Permitted · Opposed
- Project Sassy (Atlas Development Rome Campus) · Rome · Atlas Development LLCunder 1 mile · Proposed
- Kingston Technology Hub (Thor Equities) · Kingston · Thor Equities12 mi · Proposed · 150 MW
- Project Springbank (Atlas Development Bartow County Campus) · Adairsville · Atlas Development LLC15 mi · Proposed · 432 MW
- Project Bunkhouse (Taurus/Digital Realty Data Center Campus) · Stilesboro · Taurus Investment Holdings (Taurus DC SPE LLC); to be managed by Digital Realty19 mi · Permitted · 1.8 GW · Supported
- DataBank Project Indo · Cartersville · DataBank22 mi · Proposed · 200 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA in Rome?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 25, 2026. RFCDA chair Jimmy Byars: 'This is a tremendous economic opportunity for our community that will have positive impacts for decades to come.' Floyd County Schools and Rome City Schools superintendents both expressed enthusiasm for workforce training partnership.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA?
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 Data Center Campus, Rome, GA use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA is on record here. Cooling is recorded as unknown, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA, 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 347 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Data Center Campus, Rome, GA," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-firecracker-rome-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-firecracker-rome-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 develop 350-acre data center campus in Rome, Georgia · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion In Data Center in Floyd County · Northwest Georgia News · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 3.$1 Billion Microsoft Data Center Campus Coming to Northwest Georgia · The Georgia Sun · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 4.Microsoft to invest $1 Billion in Rome, GA Data Center Campus · AllOnGeorgia · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 5.Floyd County Commission enacts 80-day moratorium on new data centers · Northwest Georgia News · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 6.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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