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45 sites · 16 states

Microsoft data centers

Every Microsoft site in the public record, most contested first. 9 of the 45 carry documented local opposition or litigation, 1 of them in court.

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Where Microsoft is being opposed

  • Microsoft Mount Pleasant Data Center CampusMount Pleasant, Wisconsin · Operating · In litigation

    Pending, U.S.

  • Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta (Azure AI Superfactory)Fayetteville, Georgia · Operating · Contested

    Fayetteville adopted a 90-day moratorium (Jan 29 2026) then unanimously passed Ordinance 26-O-12 (March 5 2026) banning new data centers in all zoning districts; existing Fairwater 1/2 and the Dec 2025 East Campus rezoning are grandfathered.

  • Microsoft Tyrone Campus (Project Rita)Tyrone, Georgia · Permitted · Contested

    2024 rezoning drew limited opposition; by 2026 residents launched a Change.org petition seeking an independent environmental/infrastructure study and a moratorium on future data centers.

  • Microsoft Dorr Township Data CenterDorr Township, Michigan · Proposed · Contested
  • Microsoft Gaines Township Data CenterGaines Township, Michigan · Proposed · Contested
  • Microsoft Kenosha Data Center CampusKenosha, Wisconsin · Proposed · Contested

    Community concerns about noise, traffic, and community character reported in local coverage.

  • Microsoft Person County Mega ParkRoxboro, North Carolina · Permitted · Contested

    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.

  • Microsoft Silver Springs Data Center CampusSilver Springs, Nevada · Proposed · Contested

    Nearby property owners objected at the Lyon County Planning Commission over proximity to residential land, structure heights of up to roughly 150 feet, noise and notice.

  • Microsoft Victory Logistics District CampusFernley, Nevada · Proposed · Contested

    Lyon County commissioners approved a 6-month countywide moratorium (Resolution 12-26, effective through Jan 22, 2027) on July 23, 2026 that halts receipt/review/hearing/granting of new data-center applications, amid a wave of county data-center controversy.

Every Microsoft site on record

Microsoft by state

Questions

How many data centers does Microsoft have?

<p>45 sites appear in the registry for Microsoft as of September 14, 2026, across Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The registry counts named facilities and campuses in the public record, so a site that has never been announced or permitted will not appear.</p>

Is anyone opposing a Microsoft data center?

<p>Yes. 9 of the 45 carry a documented reception of contested, opposed or in litigation, and 1 is or has been the subject of a lawsuit over siting, permitting or operation. Each is listed below with its own profile and sources.</p>

Where does this come from?

<p>The facility records come from an open survey of US data centers joined to our own case reporting, and every profile lists its sources. Nothing on this page is asserted about Microsoft as a company: it is a count of sites and what the public record says about each.</p>

Other operators

Amazon Web Services 54Digital Realty 54Google 53Flexential 46QTS Data Centers 36Meta 28CleanSpark 25TierPoint 25CyrusOne 24DataBank 23Equinix 23Aligned Data Centers 22STACK Infrastructure 21Lumen Technologies 20Vantage Data Centers 20Switch 18CoreSite 16EdgeConneX 16

Registry updated September 14, 2026. Nothing here is asserted about Microsoft as a company; it is a count of sites and what the public record says about each. Download the data.

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