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Microsoft Fairwater AI datacenter, Atlanta (Fayetteville)
The relationship to another recorded project is unresolved. This record is retained without adding to site or project totals.
Second site in Microsoft's Fairwater family of AI datacenters, in Fayetteville, Georgia, south of Atlanta. It began operating in October 2025 and was unveiled in November 2025 as part of what Microsoft calls an AI superfactory, linked to its Wisconsin Fairwater site by a dedicated AI network. Reports describe a two-storey, liquid-cooled facility of more than 1 million sq ft on 85 acres. The AJC linked it through city records to the QTS campus in Fayetteville, and Epoch AI reports that QTS built it with Microsoft as tenant; neither company has confirmed this. Epoch AI estimates about 636 MW of IT capacity across four buildings by mid-2026.
This record reports operational as of 2026-10-05. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Epoch AI
Location: Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, US. Town centroid from Nominatim. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed Fayetteville but declined to give the exact location; the AJC tied the facility to the QTS campus from permitting records, which is not company-confirmed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Epoch AI
Use: Ai training
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | about 636 MW | Operational · Campus · It load | 2026-06-14 | Epoch AI modeled estimate for four operational buildings (timeline entry of 14 June 2026), not a company figure. Microsoft has not published a megawatt figure for the site. | Epoch AI |
| Floor area | more than 1,000,000 sq_ft | Operational · Campus | 2025-11-21 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; SiliconANGLE | |
| Land area | 85 acres | Reported · Campus | 2025-11-12 | Footprint of the Microsoft facility as reported by SiliconANGLE. | SiliconANGLE |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Tenant | Epoch AI lists Microsoft as tenant of a facility built by QTS; Microsoft presents the site as its own Fairwater AI datacenter. | Epoch AI |
| QTS Data Centers | Developer | Reported, not confirmed by the companies: Epoch AI says QTS built the facility with Microsoft as tenant, and the AJC linked it to the QTS campus because city records show that campus as the only Fayetteville site permitted for data center occupancy. QTS says it does not disclose customers. | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Epoch AI |
| NVIDIA | Hardware supplier | Microsoft says Fairwater clusters use NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 GPUs. | Official Microsoft Blog |
| OpenAI | Tenant | Reported, not confirmed by the companies: SiliconANGLE says OpenAI is expected to be one of the biggest customers, and Epoch AI lists it as a likely user. | SiliconANGLE; Epoch AI |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | First operational | Actual | The AJC says operations began in October 2025; Epoch AI lists Buildings 1 and 2 as operational by 14 October 2025. | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Epoch AI |
| 2025-11-12 | Announced | Actual | Microsoft publicly unveiled the Atlanta Fairwater site after it had begun operating. | Official Microsoft Blog; SiliconANGLE |
| 2026-06 | Other | Actual | Epoch AI assesses from imagery that Buildings 3 and 4 were operational by its 14 June 2026 timeline entry; not a company announcement. | Epoch AI |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Microsoft says the Atlanta site relies on highly available utility grid power, which lets it forgo on-site generation, UPS systems and dual-corded distribution for the GPU fleet. | Official Microsoft Blog |
Likely the same physical site as any record for the QTS Fayetteville campus (unveiled by QTS in August 2022 as Project Excalibur, 615 acres, per the AJC); cross-link if such a record exists, keeping in mind that the QTS link is reported, not confirmed. Epoch AI also reports shells for two further buildings underway in May 2026 with an unknown tenant.
Related projects: microsoft fairwater mount pleasant, qts fayetteville georgia
Sources for these details
- Infinite scale: The architecture behind the Azure AI superfactory — Official Microsoft Blog; 2025-11-12
- Microsoft's newest AI 'superfactory' opens at sprawling Fayetteville campus — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; 2025-11-21 · Archived source
- Microsoft brings Atlanta-based AI 'super factory' online — SiliconANGLE; 2025-11-12 · Archived source
- Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta — Epoch AI; 2026-10-05
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