Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta
A hyperscale AI campus by Microsoft in Fayetteville, GA, on the Southeast utilities grid. Status: operating, expanding.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 636 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 572 MW running by 2030.
At that level it would use about 3,758 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 348,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 55.9 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 3 of 4 bolts. Solid bolts mean the campus is operating or under construction.
Research note. dcmap 636 MW (estimated) vs Electricchoice 1.5 GW; lower figure used.
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-009
- Campus
- Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta
- Developer / tenant
- Microsoft
- Segment
- Hyperscale AI
- Location
- Fayetteville, GA
- State / province
- Georgia
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Atlanta
- Grid region
- Southeast utilities
- Electric utility
- Georgia Power
- Status
- Operating, expanding (counts 90% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- Not disclosed
- Announced capacity
- 636 MW (Reported (unspecified))
- Expected load by 2030
- 572 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 3,758 GWh
- Power supply
- Grid
- Added gas burn, average day
- 55.9 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (3 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- C (One secondary source)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Largest US data centers by reported powerdcmap.us · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- U.S. data center trackerElectricchoice · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
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How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta" (DC-009), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-009-microsoft-fairwater-atlanta/, updated November 3, 2026.