Bristow, VA · Prince William County · 38.728°N 77.560°W
Microsoft Bristow Data Center Campus (MNZ03)
Microsoft
Key facts
- Location
- Bristow, VA, Prince William County
- Capacity
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- Announced
- 2021
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Land
- 83 acres
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Grid · Utility: Dominion Energy Virginia
Grid-served by Dominion Energy Virginia (per an interconnection tracker); no on-site generation is reported.
MNZ03 became operational around the 2024–25 transition in Microsoft's cooling standard (from evaporative-assist to closed-loop, zero-water evaporation for new designs), and the specific system installed here is unconfirmed. Microsoft reported reaching corporate 'water-positive' status in FY2025.
Community sentiment
MNZ03 was built by-right on the former Atlantic Research rocket-testing site (existing heavy-industrial zoning within the county's data-center overlay), so it required no rezoning and faced no site-specific hearing. But it sits at the epicenter of Prince William County's data-center opposition — supervisors denied a nearby data center 4–2 in Sept 2025, residents sued over an adjacent rezoning, and the county is moving to end the overlay district. Microsoft is eligible for Virginia's data-center sales-and-use tax exemption, but state law bars disclosure of recipients and amounts.
Prince William supervisors deny Bristow Campus data center following protest — InsideNovaStatus history
- Proposed
Microsoft acquired 83 acres at 8008 Devlin Road for $83.84M and an adjacent 9.6-acre parcel; multi-phase campus planned, first building (MNZ03) to comprise 250,000 sq ft over three stories
Microsoft 8008 Devlin Rd Data Center — Datacentermap.com - Operational
MNZ03 reported as operational per Baxtel third-party tracking database; year built listed as 2025; described as fully operational Azure facility
Microsoft MNZ03 Data Center — Baxtel
Location
Sources & data provenance
Reported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
Last updated:
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- interconnection.fyiRetrieved:
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- Data Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- InsideNovaRetrieved:
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