Microsoft data center, Grant County, WA
Grant County, WA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Microsoft data center in Grant County, WA is a mapped facility, operated by Microsoft Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented a 116,001 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkMicrosoft data center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMicrosoft Corporation
- Files asMicrosoft Corporation
- This facilityMicrosoft data center
In the news
source: GDELT- Microsoft says it has hired around 375 people for its Mount Pleasant data center - WPRWPR· May 12, 2026
- Microsoft holds up rural Washington as data centers ‘gone right,’ but does the model still work? - GeekWireGeekWire· May 29, 2026
- Microsoft urges major changes to Washington data center regulations as bill nears final vote - GeekWireGeekWire· Feb 28, 2026
- A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft’s answer to the data center backlash - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPBOregon Public Broadcasting - OPB· Jan 17, 2026
- A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash - KUOWKUOW· Jan 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
Washington reported $100.1M in Data center equipment and infrastructure sales/use tax exemption — rural counties (RCW 82.08.986 / 82.12.986) for FY2024 (Washington State Department of Revenue). 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, Monument Elementary in Quincy, is 0.9 mi from this site (263 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.