Microsoft files for data center campus in Floyd County, Georgia

Will feature three data center buildings

Microsoft has filed for a data center project in Floyd County, Georgia.

In a Development of Regional Impact application submitted on October 20, the company reveals it is seeking to build a three-building data center campus on 349 acres of land at 0 Huffaker Road in Rome. Microsoft acquired the property in 2023, at the time calling it "Project Firecracker."

Dubbed ATL80, all three buildings will total up to 1,659,000 sq ft (154,126 sqm) of floor space. Microsoft estimates the project will be valued at $360 million once built out and will provide $35m in annual local tax revenue.

The company estimates that the project will be completed by 2032 and will employ 150 people once operational.

Total power capacity will be 422MW and provided by Georgia Power, and Microsoft estimates that the maximum water supply required will be 13,500 gallons (51,103 liters) per day.

Rome is located Northwest of Atlanta, Georgia's main data center hub.

The filing comes just one month after Microsoft submitted a Developments of Regional Impact application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for ATL50, a two-building campus in Union City totaling 910,000 sq ft (84,540 sqm) on an 88-acre parcel west of Stonewall Tell Road and north of Koweta Road. The site is set to launch in 2032.

The company has a number of data center projects across Georgia, both operating and under development, including in Fairburn, Douglasville, Palmetto, Rome, East Point, Tyrone, and more. Atlanta is home to one of Microsoft's major "Fairwater" data centers, launching in November 2025.

Microsoft announced plans for a cloud region in 2021, revealing in December last year that the Fairwater site would be incorporated, as would developments in Fulton County, outside of Atlanta, having broken ground in July 2024, and two other projects on the outskirts of Atlanta; in East Point, Fulton County; and Douglasville, Douglas County.

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