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Microsoft Granger Data Center

Granger, St. Joseph County, Indiana · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

Under constructionMixed receptionAI mixed useRecord updated May 30, 2026

Microsoft Granger Data Center is a data center under construction in Granger, Indiana (St. Joseph County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2024, 1 GW planned, 939 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 mixed
Location
Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
Coordinates
41.7300, -86.1300
Power capacity
1 GW planned
Land
939 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2024
Utility
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M / AEP)
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
300 permanent
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. May 30, 2026
    Under construction
    Physical construction underway as of late May 2026, active site earthwork, water trucked in for dust suppression, and the county highway department monitoring construction traffic. Follows the St. Joseph County MOU approval (March 17, 2026) and groundbreaking in late April/early May 2026. Source: WVPE (NPR member station)
  2. March 2026
    Permitted
    St. Joseph County Redevelopment Commission and City of Mishawaka approve MOU for pre-development work; $12.6M cap for early design and infrastructure evaluation; construction authorization pending resolution of utility and site plan questions Source: WNDU NBC South Bend
  3. 2024
    Proposed
    Microsoft acquires 939-acre St. Joe Farm near Currant and Cleveland Roads, Granger IN for $77.5M; site adjacent to Indiana Toll Road; county rezones land Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Granger Data Center in Granger, St. Joseph County, Indiana appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Residents raised concerns at town hall about approximately 300 diesel generators, drainage, emissions, and water supply adequacy.

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.

Residents raised concerns at town hall about approximately 300 diesel generators, drainage, emissions, and water supply adequacy. Four-party water agreement reached (City of Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Regional Water and Sewer District, Granger Water LLC) after months of disputes. Microsoft not seeking local tax abatements.

Source: WNDU NBC South Bend

Power and water

Grid-served; Microsoft is named among large-load customers in I&M's 2024 settlement. No on-site generation reported.

Closed-loop cooling: coolant is mixed outside St. Joseph County, trucked to the site, and transported out after about two years for cleaning. Mishawaka city water is used for domestic use only; on-site groundwater wells were capped (no aquifer withdrawal). No withdrawal-rate figure disclosed.

Notes on the record

Former St. Joe Farm, near Bittersweet Road and Currant Road, Granger IN (St. Joseph County). 939 acres; 5-6 buildings planned; ~1 GW power load estimated by county officials. Microsoft not seeking local tax incentives. Status downgraded from 'under_construction' to 'permitted': WSBT source (cited in original record for the construction claim) explicitly states 'no construction has begun' and no formal site plan submitted; WNDU March 2026 MOU covers pre-development evaluation only. Confidence downgraded to 'reported' pending construction confirmation. Coordinates are approximate Granger unincorporated community area.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
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.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Microsoft Granger Data Center in Granger?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Microsoft Granger Data Center in Granger, St. Joseph County, Indiana appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Residents raised concerns at town hall about approximately 300 diesel generators, drainage, emissions, and water supply adequacy.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Granger Data Center?

No lawsuit over Microsoft Granger Data Center appears in the record we track as of May 30, 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 Granger Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Granger Data Center is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, 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 Granger Data Center, and how big is it?

Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1 GW. The site is recorded at 939 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Granger Data Center," updated May 30, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-granger-in.

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-granger-in, 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 buys 900-acre St. Joe Farm, Indiana, for data center build · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Microsoft data center MOU approved in St. Joseph County amid resident concerns · WNDU NBC South Bend · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Granger meeting draws crowd for update on large Microsoft data center planned · WSBT CBS South Bend · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Construction of Microsoft data center could begin in late April or early May · WSBT · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Microsoft data center concerns spark crowded Granger meeting · WVPE · retrieved July 6, 2026
  6. 6.St. Joseph County officials respond to data center construction concerns (construction underway) · WVPE (NPR member station) · retrieved July 18, 2026

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