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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Microsoft Tyrone Campus (Project Rita).
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Microsoft
- Address and locality
- Tyrone · Fayette County · Georgia
- Official metro area
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 96 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 7 July 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001006
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established
- Land area
- 161 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- November 2023
Provider notes
Energy. Utility not named in any public filing. Georgia Power is the incumbent Fayette County utility but is not source-confirmed for this project. Microsoft said it will pay for transmission/substation improvements and that costs should not transfer to residential ratepayers.
Water. Source: Fayette County Water System. Microsoft estimates ~4,000 gallons/day operational.
Community. 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.
What the source record says
Two-building campus (two 48 MW buildings = 96 MW, ~490,000-500,000 sq ft) plus an on-site substation; codename Project Rita. Part of Microsoft's East US 3 Azure region (planned 2027). Total site ~161 acres (~146.4 in Tyrone + ~14.5 in Fairburn). As of June 2 2026 no site plan or building permits filed. Microsoft requested no tax abatements (none offered). No investment figure disclosed. Coordinates approximate (address-derived; 2044 GA-74). Estimated ~4,000 gallons/day operational water use.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2023-11 · source-reported proposed
DRI (Development of Regional Impact) application filed; project first surfaced publicly
- 2024-03-28 · source-reported permitted
Rezoning approved by Tyrone Town Council
- 2026-05-05 · source-reported permitted
Microsoft publicly confirmed the project via Microsoft Local blog; no site plan or building permits filed as of June 2 2026
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Microsoft confirms plans for data center in Tyrone, Georgia · Data Center Dynamics
- 96MW data center campus proposed in Tyrone, Georgia · Data Center Dynamics
- Data Center Information - Town of Tyrone, GA · Town of Tyrone
- Tyrone Datacenter Update - Microsoft Local · Microsoft
- Microsoft to Build Data Center in Tyrone, Georgia · Baxtel
- Now it's Tyrone's turn for a big data center project · The Citizen
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID microsoft-tyrone-ga. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001006
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Tyrone, GA · Fayette (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Microsoft
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: November 2023
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2023-11 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2024-03-28 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-05-05 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 161 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 96 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
Provider label: unknown.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-07-07
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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