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Microsoft Palmetto Data Center

Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia · All 50 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated September 23, 2026

Microsoft Palmetto Data Center is a data center under construction in Palmetto, Georgia (Fulton County), operated by Microsoft.

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

Under construction

Operator
Microsoft
Facility type
Data center
Location
Palmetto, Fulton County, GA
Coordinates
33.5179, -84.6697 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Hybrid
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
No reception on record
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. April 2024
    Under construction
    Construction began April 2024 with Turner Construction as general contractor. Source: Microsoft Local

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Palmetto Data Center in Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia 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.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

Microsoft states its South Fulton County datacenters use direct evaporative cooling that consumes zero water for cooling below 29.4 °C, limiting water use for cooling to under 15% of the year, a seasonal wet/dry design.

Notes on the record

Microsoft's own July 2024 community update gives an April 2024 construction start and a target completion at the beginning of October 2025. No source fetched this session confirms the site is in service, so status is left at under_construction rather than promoted, a maintainer should re-check. Secondary reporting cites a 250,000 sq ft building, a $420m Development Authority of Fulton County bond and a $14m ten-year abatement; none of those were confirmed on a fetched page, so they are omitted. Coordinates are the Palmetto city centroid (OSM Nominatim); the site is reported as roughly two miles northeast of the city.

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
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves 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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

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

Nothing on record as of September 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Palmetto Data Center in Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia 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 Palmetto Data Center?

No lawsuit over Microsoft Palmetto Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 23, 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 Palmetto Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Palmetto Data Center 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 Palmetto Data Center, and how big is it?

Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 50 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Palmetto Data Center," updated September 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-palmetto-fulton-ga.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/microsoft-palmetto-fulton-ga, retrieved October 1, 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.Palmetto datacenter construction update · Microsoft Local · retrieved September 23, 2026
  2. 2.Understanding Microsoft datacenters in South Fulton County · Microsoft Local · retrieved September 23, 2026

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