Data Center Campus
Microsoft has started construction of its palmetto data center in April 2024. Construction is expected to be complete by the beginning of October 2025.
Microsoft is acquiring more land for its data center campus in Palmetto. The facility will be located about two miles northeast of Palmetto, near a Lowe's warehouse.
The $420 million Palmetto data center project was approved in 2020. In 2024, Microsoft paid $6 million to acquire 20 acres of land next to its existing data center campus there. Microsoft plans to finish the project by 2028, when it could span up to 116 acres.
Buildings
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
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| TowerInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Operational
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░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 250,000 SqFt | 2026 |
| Central PointInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Operational
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░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 190,000 SqFt | 2026 |
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.
Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
February 11, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center
Responding to what it called “growing customer demand,” Microsoft recently announced its next US data center region. Named “East US 3,” it will have a presence in Georgia's Fulton and Douglas counties. The data center region will be accompanied by new office space stretching out to 90 acres....
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