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Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus

Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

OperatingNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 8, 2026

Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus is an operating data center in Goodyear, Arizona (Maricopa County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced January 2018, 550 acres, a reported $1.5 billion investment.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Microsoft
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Goodyear, Maricopa County, AZ
Coordinates
33.4353, -112.3900
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
550 acres
Investment
$1.5 billion
Announced
January 2018
Utility
Arizona Public Service (APS)
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Hybrid
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
100 permanent; 1,000 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
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.

  1. August 2026
    Operating
    Microsoft's own Greater Phoenix community page describes Goodyear as an operating datacenter ("Microsoft operates datacenters in El Mirage and Goodyear"); the source does not disclose an in-service date, so this event is dated to confirmation. Source: Microsoft
  2. January 2025
    Under construction
    Additional 100 acres acquired for $131M from First Industrial Realty Trust; third 250,000 sq ft building planned; total footprint 550+ acres Source: Data Center Dynamics
  3. January 2022
    Under construction
    First 290,000 sq ft building developed; second 250,000 sq ft building under construction
  4. April 2019
    Proposed
    Initial 150-acre land acquisition near Goodyear Airport for $37.11M (per Data Center Dynamics primary source; record originally stated 272 acres/$42M/2018-01 which is not supported by any source found). Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Microsoft updated development agreement requiring 4th and 5th buildings to use air cooling rather than direct evaporative cooling originally intended. Contributing nearly $42M total: $36M to expand 157th Ave Wastewater Treatment Plant (of a planned $90M expansion), $5M financial assurance toward dedicated sewer line, $800K city coordinator fee.

Notes on the record

Near Citrus and Indian School roads, Goodyear (address: 3785 Citrus Rd per industry sources). Two-million sq ft of existing or under-construction data centers. investmentUsd is reported campus value; land-only spend is additional. Coordinates approximate; exact site is west Goodyear near airport. First land purchase corrected to April 2019 / 150 acres / $37.11M per DCD primary source; intermediate purchases brought pre-2025 footprint to approximately 450 acres before the 100-acre 2025 expansion to 550+ total.

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
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • How the community has received 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.
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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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 Goodyear Data Center Campus in Goodyear?

Nothing on record as of August 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona 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 Goodyear Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 8, 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 Goodyear Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as hybrid, 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 Goodyear 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 550 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-goodyear-az.

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-goodyear-az, 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 purchases 100 acres next to Goodyear campus · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Microsoft Builds World-Class Datacenter Campus in Goodyear · City of Goodyear · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Microsoft, Goodyear Update Development Agreement · AZBEX · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Microsoft, Greater Phoenix, Arizona datacenter community · Microsoft · retrieved August 8, 2026

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