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Microsoft Person County Mega Park
Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Person County Mega Park is a permitted data center in Roxboro, North Carolina (Person County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2026, 1,385 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Roxboro, Person County, NC
- Coordinates
- 36.3960, -78.9828
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 1,385 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2026
- Utility
- Duke Energy
- 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
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- 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.
- 2026PermittedMicrosoft bought the 1,385-acre Person County Mega Park (Woodsdale) for ~$26.85M and began permitting; powered by Duke Energy (large-load contract filed under seal) Source: Business North Carolina
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Microsoft Person County Mega Park in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Advocacy group Clean Water for NC organized a petition and community meeting (Sept 2025) after commissioners said Microsoft had shared no official plans; at a Microsoft-hosted community meeting in June 2026.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Advocacy group Clean Water for NC organized a petition and community meeting (Sept 2025) after commissioners said Microsoft had shared no official plans; at a Microsoft-hosted community meeting in June 2026.
Notes on the record
1,385-acre Person County Mega Park (Woodsdale township, near Roxboro); ~$26.85M land purchase. Powered by Duke Energy per a Q4-2025 8-K; the campus's MW is in a large-load contract filed under seal (NCUC), not publicly disclosed (omitted). Coordinates are the Roxboro / Woodsdale area centroid.
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
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Person County Mega Park data center in Roxboro?
Yes. Microsoft Person County Mega Park in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Advocacy group Clean Water for NC organized a petition and community meeting (Sept 2025) after commissioners said Microsoft had shared no official plans; at a Microsoft-hosted community meeting in June 2026.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Person County Mega Park data center?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Person County Mega Park appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Person County Mega Park use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Person County Mega Park 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 Person County Mega Park, 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 1385 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Person County Mega Park," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-person-county-roxboro-nc.
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-person-county-roxboro-nc, 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 buys Person County Mega Park for $27 million · Business North Carolina · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Microsoft to start permitting for 1,385-acre data center campus in North Carolina · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 3.WRAL, "Microsoft hosts meeting on future Person County data center" (June 2026) · retrieved July 26, 2026
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