Microsoft Azure

Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.

Azure Regions

An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.

With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.

Geographies

An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.

Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.

Availability Zones

Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.

Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.

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Microsoft Azure Locations

Microsoft and Dubai-based AI firm G42 are investing $1 billion to build a geothermal-powered data center in Kenya, with potential capacity reaching 1GW.

The tech giant purchased two parcels of land for over $258 million in cash on May 2024. These properties, situated at the northwest and northeast corners of North Dysart Road and West Northern Parkway, were sold by DPML Copperwing LLC.

The facility is part of Microsoft's campus located at the northwest and northeast corners of Dysart Road and Northern Parkway in El Mirage.

The Austria East region, consisting of three availability zones in the Greater Vienna / Lower Austria area, went live in August 2025.

In July 2023, Microsoft gained a permit for a data center at 3655 S.E. Soteria Ave. Issued to Microsoft's contractor, the Weitz Company, the permit was for a 184,600 sq ft facility under the description DSM 14.

Built in July 2009, The 57,000 square foot Redmond Ridge 1 data center is about eight miles from Microsoft's headquarters campus in Redmond.

The site was a cultural shift for Microsoft employees at the time. At the time each development team had their own server labs on the Redmond campus. Today cloud computing is commonplace, but this data center forced the teams to think and develop software in terms of remote computing.

In February 2024, the West Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission approved site plans for two new data centers at Microsoft Corp.'s Ginger East campus.

Microsoft's Ginger West Campus is located at 11100 Booneville Road in Des Moines. In 2021, Microsoft gained approval for the first two buildings of its Ginger West data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Microsoft acquired 52 acres in Chandanvelly for Rs 72 crore to establish one of the three data centers announced in 2022 for the Hyderabad cloud region.

This data center building, valued at $47.1 million, is part of the Microsoft East Wenatchee Campus. The one-story building measures 244,440 square feet and stands 30 feet high. It features 12 restrooms.

Microsoft is constructing another single-story data center building known as IAD12 at it's Aldie Campus. The facility will span 148,233 square feet at full build out.

Microsoft Corp. recently acquired 124 acres across two parcels at 13490 University Blvd. and 5941 Wellington Road. University Boulevard site is seeking an allowance for up to nearly 4 million square feet of data centers and a new electric substation.

Microsoft is acquiring more land for its data center campus in Palmetto. The facility will be located about two miles northeast of Palmetto, near a Lowe’s warehouse.

A $345 million permit was issued in 2023 for a 250,000-square-foot facility at 5855 S.W. Kerry St. This data center building is the final one for the Osmium Campus.

Microsoft is developing almost 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia, as part of its East US 3 Azure data center region.

Microsoft is constructing a data center in Kirkkonummi, Finland, as part of a broader initiative to establish a new data center region in Southern Finland, which also includes facilities in Espoo and Vihti.

Microsoft is constructing a data center campus in Vihti, Finland, as part of a broader initiative to establish a new data center region in Southern Finland, which also includes facilities in Espoo and Kirkkonummi.

Microsoft's first Data Center in Greece is underway, with a €100 million (including VAT) construction contract covering all phases: studies, construction, and commissioning.

Microsoft has filed plans to build a campus with three data centers in Malaga, Washington. Microsoft acquired more than 100 acres in a deal spread across two phases; Phase I is the Lojo Property, 72.5 acres at 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway for which Microsoft paid $6.6 million.

This planned facility will be part of Microsoft's two-building data center campus in the Pimpri Chinchwad Industrial Area of Pune.

Microsoft is looking to build a data center outside Dunkirk in Quaëdypre in Hauts de Flandre, in the Nord department of Northern France. The company wants to build a data center on a 20.5-hectare site.

Microsoft is looking to develop two facilities in the neighboring department of Pas-de-Calais; one outside Calais in Vieille-Église and another further south in Zouafques.

The Microsoft Tinghøj Campus is a cornerstone of the new "Denmark West" data center region, representing a hyperscale investment designed to meet the soaring demand for AI and cloud services.

Microsoft has filed plans to build a campus with three data centers in Malaga, Washington. The development will construct the first building on the site by the end of 2025, with potential for two more buildings by 2027.

The Microsoft MWH Data Center Campus, formerly known as the Microsoft Oxford data center, is located at Port Industrial Parkway in Quincy.

Microsoft is constructing a two-building data center campus in the Pimpri Chinchwad Industrial Area of Pune.

The two new facilities, DUB14 & DUB15, are located west of the company's DUB9, DUB10, DUB12, and DUB13 data centers on the Microsoft Dublin Grange Castle campus.

Microsoft has purchased a 50-hectare plot of land in Middenmeer, north of Amsterdam, for the expansion of its AMS13/14 hyperscale data center campus.

Microsoft will invest an additional €2.9 billion (US$3 billion) to build another data center campus in Zaragoza, adjacent to Puerto Venecia.

Microsoft has officially withdrawn its plans for the "Project Nova" data center in Caledonia, Wisconsin, following significant community opposition.

The development of Microsoft's new data center campus in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, has advanced following the initial approval of the special construction plan by the local government board.

In 2025, the Lyon County Planning Commission approved a parcel map for Microsoft, allowing the company to restructure 274 acres of land it owns in Silver Springs, Nevada.

This data center building, valued at $47.1 million, is part of the Microsoft East Wenatchee Campus. The one-story building measures 244,440 square feet and stands 30 feet high. It features 12 restrooms.

Microsoft has acquired 48 acres of land at the Skelton Grange site in Leeds, UK, for £106.6 million ($134.83m) from real estate group Harworth.

Microsoft plans to construct an expansive data centre campus in Kosmosdal area of the city, to the south of Pretoria. Microsoft will be the first US cloud provider to enter in South Africa.

Microsoft is looking to develop two facilities in the neighboring department of Pas-de-Calais; one outside Calais in Vieille-Église and another further south in Zouafques.

Microsoft plans to invest €6.69 billion ($7.16bn) in a new data center campus in Spain's northeastern Aragon region.

The first phase of the Ginger East project, which sits on a 146-acre plot east of Veterans Parkway at SE Maffitt Lake Road, consists of a 250,000 sq ft (23,200 sqm) data center building located near the company's existing Alluvion data center.

Microsoft's single-story data center building, known as IAD11, is located at 41840 Growth Mindset Ln, Stone Ridge. The facility comprises 244,713 square feet of gross floor area (GFA).

Microsoft’s CPH03 data center in Køge, part of its Denmark East cloud region, with Phase 2 expansion underway (2026–2028) and designed to operate on 100% renewable energy through power purchase agreements.

The two new facilities, DUB14 & DUB15, are located west of the company's DUB9, DUB10, DUB12, and DUB13 data centers on the Microsoft Dublin Grange Castle campus.

Microsoft’s SAT93 data center in Medina County, Texas, is a 245,000 sq ft single-story facility developed alongside SAT94 on County Road 381, with $26M investment, powered by Medina Electric Cooperative, and scheduled for construction from 2027 to 2029.

Microsoft’s SAT94 data center in Medina County, Texas, is a 245,000 sq ft single-story facility developed alongside SAT93 on County Road 381, with a $26m investment and construction scheduled from 2027 to 2029.

Microsoft is further expanding its data center footprint in Malaysia by acquiring another plot of land in Johor.

Microsoft has started building a new £1 billion data center in Park Royal, west London, with construction scheduled to finish by early 2026.

Microsoft intends to construct two 3-story data center buildings, known as MNZ01 and MNZ02, which will comprise 623,360 square feet. Microsoft acquired the 46 acre plot in 2020 for $29 million.

Microsoft is building another data center campus near its Boydton site. Microsoft Corporation bought the vacant site where the Mecklenburg Correctional Center was once located at 960 Prison Road.

Microsoft plans to build yet another data center SAT16 at its campus at 3555 Westover Link in San Antonio. The project is described as a building shell and fit out associated with 245,000 square foot (22,760 sqm) data center.

Microsoft acquired 300.7 acres from Mark IV Capital within the 4,300-acre Victory Logistics District, a master-planned industrial hub located in Fernley, Nevada.

Microsoft is building a data center campus at Cheyenne Business Parkway to support its West Central US Azure region. The plan was Announced in 2021.

This data center building, valued at $55.2 million, is part of the Microsoft East Wenatchee Campus. The one-story building measures 237,337 square feet and stands 30 feet high with 12 restrooms.

Microsoft has acquired 123 acres of land in Kulai, Johor, Malaysia for data center development. The plot, located in Eco Business Park VI in Senai, was purchased from EcoWorld's subsidiary for RM402.3 million ($85.2m).

Microsoft is building a data center campus at Bison Business Park to support its West Central US Azure region. The plan was Announced in 2021.

Microsoft Corporation owns 83 acres of land located at 8008 Devlin Road in Bristow, Prince William County, Virginia, on which it is developing a multi-phase data center campus.

Announced in October 2023, the campus in Rome Georgia is known as ‘Project Firecracker' It''s situated on a 347-acre property on Huffaker Road, east of Fouche Gap Road.

Microsoft’s data center in Settala represents the first of three facilities the U.S. tech giant intends to establish in the province. The site was acquired from the AKNO Group.

Microsoft has filed plans to build a campus with three data centers in Malaga, Washington. The development will construct the first building on the site by the end of 2025, with potential for two more buildings by 2027.

Microsoft has bought an undeveloped piece of land directly south of Denali Logistics Park. The 420-acre logistics and industrial park, has the ability to develop buildings that are up to 1.1 million square feet in size and can build up to 6 million in square feet total.

The Columbia Data Center is Microsoft's data center facility located in Quincy, Washington. Until 2015, it was reported to be the world's largest data center.

Microsoft is planning to build a new data center on the site of a now-closed Lowe’s store between Islington Avenue and Highway 401 in Toronto, Canada.

Microsoft plans to build a new data center campus with three buildings on a 259.1-acre site in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to expand its southern Virginia Regional Network Group.

Microsoft Corp. recently acquired 124 acres across two parcels at 13490 University Blvd. and 5941 Wellington Road. University Boulevard site is seeking an allowance for up to nearly 4 million square feet of data centers and a new electric substation.

In April 2024, the El Mirage City Council approved a site plan amendment on the existing site in El Mirage Campus, allowing Microsoft to add another 245,000 sq ft (22,760 sqm), single-story data center.

Microsoft is developing almost 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia, as part of its East US 3 Azure data center region.

The proposed Microsoft Data Centre campus, also known as the "YTO14 Data Processing Centre," features two distinct 3-storey buildings including administration zone.

This facility will be part of the proposed Microsoft Data Centre campus, also known as the "YTO14 Data Processing Centre," in Ontario, Canada.

DC2 is the second data center building of Microsoft's Station Road Campus. In late 2022, a subsequent application was lodged and approved for a 22-meter-tall data center with 8,076 sqm of gross floor area.

Microsoft's Indian subsidiary, Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Limited, purchased 16.4 acres (66,414.5 sq m) of prime land in Hinjewadi, Pune, for ₹519.72 crore ($62 million).

According to property consultant Square Yards, technology giant Microsoft Corporation (India) purchased around 16 acres (66,450 sq m) of land from Viva Highways in Pune for ₹453 crore.

Microsoft plans to construct the "Progetto Data Center MIL03" in Settimo Milanese (MI), with Microsoft 4825 Italy S.R.L. as the proponent.

Microsoft's Ginger West Campus is located at 11100 Booneville Road in Des Moines. In 2021, Microsoft gained approval for the first two buildings of its Ginger West data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Microsoft is proposing to develop a new UK data center campus on the site of a decommissioned power station in Eggborough, North Yorkshire. Microsoft aims to build two two-story data centers on part of the former Eggborough power station.

Microsoft is building a data center campus in Mekaguda, a village in the southern Indian state of Telangana, which is expected to start operations by 2025.

Microsoft's Leesburg campus is located next to the Leesburg Executive Airport. The facilities, known as IAD01-1 and IAD01-2, together comprise more than 245,000 sq ft (22,750 sq m).

Microsoft Corp. is developing data centers on a 120-acre plot in East Wenatchee. The project, known as EAT06 and EAT09, involves the construction of two linked single-story structures with a combined area of 250,530 square feet.

Microsoft is building a new data center campus in the Hollands Kroon area in the north of the Netherlands, close to its existing facility. The campus is located at Cultuurweg 11 in Middenmeer (Het Venster).

Microsoft acquired the property in 2021. In early 2022, Blacktown Council approved the construction of this data center. The tech giant completed the facility in December 2023.

Microsoft acquired a 170-acre plot in East Wenatchee in 2020 with plans to build six facilities in the Pangborn area.

Microsoft is developing almost 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia, as part of its East US 3 Azure data center region.

The project, known as EAT06 and EAT09, involves the construction of two linked single-story structures with a combined area of 250,530 square feet.

Microsoft is developing almost 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia, as part of its East US 3 Azure data center region.

In August 2018, Microsoft paid about $48 million for its 279-acre site near the Phoenix Goodyear Airport. The project already has three massive buildings, and Microsoft plans to construct two more buildings on the campus, for a total of five buildings.

Microsoft is planning a large-scale data center project in Cherry Valley. The proposed development would consist of six buildings and stretch across farmland from Valley Orchard to Wheeler Road.

Microsoft's Leesburg campus is located next to the Leesburg Executive Airport. The facilities, known as IAD01-1 and IAD01-2, together comprise more than 245,000 sq ft (22,750 sq m).

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Microsoft's Boydton Virginia Data Center
Source: Microsoft Austria
Microsoft's Boydton Data Center Expansion (in Progress) as of 2018
Source: Google Maps
Exterior View
Source: Baxtel
Expanding in Middenmeer
Source: Microsoft
Cold Aisle Row
Source: Microsoft
Microsoft Campus in Quincy
Source: Microsoft
ITPACs at Microsoft's Quincy Campus
Source: Microsoft
Two MSFT Facilities Built as of 2018 on the TRP Campus
Source: Google Maps
Canyon Park Business Center
Source: Baxtel
Satellite View
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft's Campus in Cheyenne
Source: Microsoft
State of Azure Locations as of July 2019
Source: Microsoft
Satellite View of 23050 NE 102 St in Redmond
Source: Baxtel
Row of Server Cabinets at "Redmond Ridge 1"
Source: Baxtel
Another Row of Cabinets
Source: Foursquare
Microsoft: Grange Castle Business Park, Clondalkin
Source: Baxtel
Entrance to Microsoft's DB3 Facility
Source: Dublin Economic Monitor
Conceptual Azure Regions and Availability Zones diagram
Source: Microsoft
Container Canyon" area
Source: Baxtel
Northlake substation on campus
Source: Baxtel
Gens stacked up
Source: MH Architects
Cooling Towers
Source: MH Architects
Source: Baxtel
MSFT Grange Castle Campus as of early 2020
Source: Baxtel
Map shows 5 buildings with 2 expansion building under construction as of early 2020
Microsoft Middenmeer Data Center Campus Map
Source: Baxtel

Map shows 5 buildings with 2 expansion building under construction as of early 2020

7AZ group of buildings under construction in circa 2017
Source: Baxtel
Microsoft's Goodyear Airport project plan
Source: Joshua Bowling/The Republic
PHX-10 and PHX-11 layout
Source: Joshua Bowling/The Republic
Yellow area shows the 147 acre lot acquired in 2019
Source: Baxtel
Map shows the 259 acre lot Microsoft acquired in 2018
Source: Baxtel
Outside of Microsoft Woodlands 9 story facility
Source: gmaps
Front side
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Microsoft's Sweden data center in Gävle
Source: Baxtel
Rending of 1 of the proposed MSFT data centers in Hoffman Estates
Source: Baxtel
Proposed Microsoft Campus Plan
Source: Hoffman Estates
The former AT&T campus is shaped like a old telephone
Source: Baxtel
MSFT Expansion next to Valero data center
Source: Baxtel
Satellite image of MSFT's campus as of 2022
Source: Baxtel
Satellite view of the Grant Ave campus as of 2022
Source: Baxtel
rendering of the Osmium campus
Source: Baxtel
Conover campus site plan
Source: Baxtel
Campus overview
Source: Baxtel
Site plan as of June 2022
Source: Baxtel
Campus plans as of December 2022
Source: Baxtel
MSFT Site plan
Source: Baxtel
Site plan as of early 2024
Source: MSFT
Microsoft Balls Road Manassas Data center campus structure
Source: S Army Corps of Engineers
Approximate project area for Microsoft MNZ03 Data center
Source: Baxtel
Microsoft expansion in Mount Pleasant, WI
Source: Baxtel
Microsoft expansion in Mount Pleasant WI
Source: Baxtel
Microsoft expansion in Mount Pleasant WI
Source: Baxtel
Microsoft's property at Louis Sorenson Road
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft acquired 290 acres in Pataskala
Source: Google Maps
Rendering of Microsoft's Park Royal Data center
Source: Microsoft
Microsoft AMS13 & AMS14 at Hollands Kroon, Netherlands
Source: OD NZKG
Microsoft AMS13 & AMS14 at Hollands Kroon, Netherlands
Source: OD NZKG
Microsoft Høje-Taastrup Data Center under construction in Denmark
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft CPH03 Data Center under construction in Denmark
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft Acquires Land Near Leeds for Data Center Development
Source: Harworth Group
Renderings of the proposed Microsoft campus in Eggborough
Source: Microsoft
Rendering of Microsoft MEL4 data center in Yarraville, Victoria
Source: Dem | The Urban Developer
Microsoft San Jose Campus site at 1657 Alviso Milpitas Road
Source: Google Maps
The Lowe's store currently occupying the proposed Microsoft site
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft bought Quinn Radiators Site in Newport
Source: Quinn Radiators
Microsoft acquired land between North High Street and Canyon Road in Hebron
Source: Google Maps
Microsoft data center site plan of Union City Campus
Source: Development Authority Of Fulton County
Microsoft's site for Project Ruthenium in Des Moines
Source: Baxtel
Plan of Microsoft's Elk Grove Technology Park site
Source: CBRE
Microsoft Balls Road Campus in Manassas, Virginia
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers
Microsoft's Malaga Campus Layout.png
Source: Mark Rattner with KPQ Newsradio 560
Microsoft acquired land around Eldamain and Corneils roads in Plano, IL
Source: Google Maps
Site plan for Microsoft's El Mirage campus
Source: Microsoft
Microsoft's Alviso Way Data Center Site Plan
Source: San Jose planning and Microsoft
Rendering of Microsoft's YTO14 Data Center in Ontario, Canada
Source: Microsoft
Rendering of MSFT's MEL-05 facility
Source: Baxtel
Rendering of Mell-11
Source: Baxtel
Source: Baxtel
Siteplan for the Herbata Campus
Source: Herbata / Kildaire County Council
Microsoft's first Wisconsin data center under construction in 2025
Source: Baxtel
Proposed Sitemap for Microsoft's Skelton Grange Campus outside Leeds
Source: Microsoft

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