Douglasville, GA · Douglas County County · 33.755°N 84.743°W
Microsoft Douglasville Data Center Campus
Microsoft
Key facts
- Location
- Douglasville, GA, Douglas County County
- Capacity
- —
- Powered by
- Georgia Power grid (Douglas County service area)
- Announced
- 2024-01
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Land
- 160 acres
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Grid · Utility: Georgia Power
Grid-served by Georgia Power (the regulated utility). A secondary tracker reported ~144 MW critical / 216 MW total campus load, but the primary source could not be confirmed.
The Douglasville–Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority (Dog River Reservoir) is the provider; no facility-specific water volume is published. Microsoft pledges to be 'water positive' by 2030 and reports an 80%+ reduction in water intensity company-wide.
Public subsidies
- Development Authority of Douglas County property-tax abatement (a county official confirmed Microsoft is enrolled in an incentive program; amount and term are not in the public record), plus Georgia's statewide data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (the state does not disclose company-level amounts)Douglas County / Georgia · 2021
Community sentiment
The mayor welcomed Microsoft's arrival and a county official cited it as a model incentive recipient, but Douglas County enacted two 90-day moratoriums on new data centers in 2025 over ratepayer and infrastructure concerns and is reviewing abatement terms; no Microsoft-specific opposition was found.
Commissioner: Tax incentives aren't 'free money' — Douglas County SentinelStatus history
- Proposed
Plans filed for four 245,000 sq ft technology facilities on 160-acre parcel at 1601 North River Road as part of Azure East US 3 region
- Under construction
Phase I construction commenced; full Azure East US 3 cloud region launch targeted 2027
Microsoft to launch new cloud region in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2027
Location
Sources & data provenance
Confirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.
Last updated:
- Data Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- Data Center FrontierRetrieved:
- Microsoft aiming to build 1 million sq ft data center in Douglasville, GA — Data Center DynamicspressData Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- Douglas County SentinelRetrieved:
- Georgia Department of RevenueRetrieved:
- Douglas County SentinelRetrieved:
- MicrosoftRetrieved:
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