Microsoft data center, Bexar County, TX
Bexar County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Microsoft data center in Bexar County, TX is a mapped facility, operated by Microsoft Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented a 228,885 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkMicrosoft data center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMicrosoft Corporation
- Files asMicrosoft Corporation
- This facilityMicrosoft data center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: ERCOT · gridstatus- Natural Gas45.3%
- Solar29.0%
- Coal13.7%
- Nuclear7.9%
- Wind4.0%
Real-time generation mix for the ERCOT grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 2:44 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- Opposition to Microsoft Data Center spurs recall campaign, meeting shutdowns in LowellWZZM13.com· Jun 16, 2026
- China launches first wind-powered underwater data centreHVAC&R News· Jun 15, 2026
- ‘No Microsoft’: Rally held against proposed data center in Lowell TownshipAOL.com· Jun 15, 2026
- Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate GoalsInside Climate News· Jun 15, 2026
- Neighbors of Microsoft data center site in Conover say noise, work interrupting their livesHickory Daily Record· Jun 15, 2026
- Noise at 2 a.m., red dust, no sleep: Life next to a data centerNewsweek· Jun 13, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Microsoft Corporation (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
- Qualified Data Center Sales Tax Exemption$0State of Wisconsin · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2015 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle in San Antonio, is 0.9 mi from this site (790 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.