Microsoft Data Center Campus – Rome, GA
Microsoft has approval for a 143 MW data center in Floyd County, Georgia (approved). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 143 MW
- Investment
- $1B
- Site
- 347 acres
- Expected completion
- 2028
- Reported jobs
- 150
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Microsoft builds
Operator
Microsoft
Utility
Georgia Power
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in 2 yr
Expected completionPlanned
- Today
Approved
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~3 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2028.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2023-10.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2023.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Tenants
- Microsoft Corporation
- Stage
- Approved
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 143 MW
- Reported investment
- $1B
- Site area
- 347 acres
- Reported jobs
- 150
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2023-10
- Expected completion
- 2028
Site
- City
- Rome
- County
- Floyd
- State
- Georgia
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- Power source
- Grid power
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- 12-year partial property tax abatement on buildings + 9-year partial abatement on equipment, granted by Floyd County Development Authority via industrial revenue bonds; land value taxes and Floyd County school taxes remain payable on the land portion (Floyd County, GA)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Microsoft Data Center Campus – Rome, GA | Approved | Not reported |
| Server Country | Microsoft - Project Firecracker (Rome/Floyd County) | Proposed | 143 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 23, 2026 · Record: microsoft-firecracker-rome-ga
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CANorthwest Georgia News (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAThe Georgia Sun (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAAllOnGeorgia (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CANorthwest Georgia News (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 23, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0116
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 245980924050316
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Microsoft Data Center Campus – Rome, GA”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-data-center-campus-rome-ga-ga-dc_dfb7e5997b8c, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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