Microsoft: Grand Rapids Campus Data Center

Site History

Aug 2024: Microsoft Corporation purchases 316 acres at 4450 76th Street SE from Steelcase Inc. for $45.3M.

Oct 2024: Land purchase publicly reported as potential data center site.

Nov 2024: Microsoft acquires adjacent 40.5 acres at 7147 Patterson Ave SE from Republic National Distributing Co. for $9.7M.

Dec 2025: Microsoft files request to rezone 5 parcels (~104 acres along Patterson Ave SE & 76th St SE) from large-scale planned unit development to light industrial.

Jan 2026: Microsoft confirmed publicly as the developer behind the project.

Mar 3, 2026: Microsoft hosts community open house at the Kindred Event Center (3449 76th St) covering energy, water, jobs, and community benefits.

Apr 13, 2026: Microsoft details $45M+ initial plan ahead of public hearing.

Apr 15, 2026: Gaines Township Planning Commission votes 7-0 to table rezoning recommendation after 5.5-hour public hearing; hundreds of residents attended South Christian High School auditorium in opposition.

2026 (pending): Microsoft tentative contract for additional 57.8 acres at 4100 68th St SE (former Steelcase wood plant) — bringing assembled total to ~414 acres.

Project Profile

Developer: Microsoft Corporation (direct purchase, no shell LLC identified)

Use: AI data center campus

Total assembled land: ~414 acres (316 + 40.5 + 57.8 pending)

Total disclosed land investment: ~$55M ($45.3M Steelcase + $9.7M Republic National; 57.8-acre parcel price undisclosed)

Stated initial project investment: $45M+ disclosed to township

Status: Planned — rezoning tabled pending township board action

Local conditions proposed: 65 dBA noise limit at residential property lines (85 dBA emergency generator use); wastewater, air quality, and infrastructure-upgrade requirements with Microsoft funding all utility upgrades.

West Michigan cluster: One of three announced Microsoft campuses — also Lowell Township (~15 mi NE, 235 acres at 4687 Alden Nash Ave SE, Covenant Business Park) and Dorr Township (~20 mi SW, 272 acres off 144th Ave near US-131, $48M land buy 2024).

Distance	Site	About
1.42 miles	Switch: Grand Rapids 3	This facility is part of Switch's Pyramid Campus in Grand Rapids.
1.59 miles	Switch: Grand Rapids 1	After gaining approval in 2021, construction on the first 312,000-square-foot (29,000 sqm) expansion of Pyramid Campus began in 2022.
1.79 miles	Switch: Grand Rapids (The Pyramid Campus)	The Grand Rapids campus is designed for up to 1.8 million square feet of data center space and up to 120 megawatts (MW) of power. It features one of the most unusual data center structures in the country, the Switch Pyramid.
1.93 miles	Switch: Grand Rapids 2	Switch is planning second expansion of its data center campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Construction of a third data center building on the site is expected to begin "sooner rather than later," with the investment projected to be "several hundred million dollars."
2.57 miles	US Signal: MI01 Grand Rapids East	Purpose-built from the ground up for data center operations, the Grand Rapids East, Michigan data center is benchmarked to TIA 942 Tier 3 and 4 standards.
4.22 miles	123NET: DC4
4.22 miles	US Signal Grand Rapids South	(2) - 800a 480V 3 phase (2) 500kW diesel generators with 24 run time at full load 675kVa UPS with battery backup
4.27 miles	ManagedWay Byron Center
7.89 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In 2024, Microsoft acquired a 144-acre property in Dorr Township, Allegan County, located along U.S. 131 at 14th st.
8.29 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In 2024, Microsoft acquired a 128-acre property in Dorr Township, Allegan County, located along U.S. 131 at 144th Avenue.
11.14 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Microsoft has revealed that it is behind a data center project in Lowell Township, Kent County. The project would see 235 acres developed into a data center campus.

Distance

Site

About

1.42 miles

Switch: Grand Rapids 3

This facility is part of Switch's Pyramid Campus in Grand Rapids.

1.59 miles

Switch: Grand Rapids 1

After gaining approval in 2021, construction on the first 312,000-square-foot (29,000 sqm) expansion of Pyramid Campus began in 2022.

1.79 miles

Switch: Grand Rapids (The Pyramid Campus)

The Grand Rapids campus is designed for up to 1.8 million square feet of data center space and up to 120 megawatts (MW) of power. It features one of the most unusual data center structures in the country, the Switch Pyramid.

1.93 miles

Switch: Grand Rapids 2

Switch is planning second expansion of its data center campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Construction of a third data center building on the site is expected to begin "sooner rather than later," with the investment projected to be "several hundred million dollars."

2.57 miles

US Signal: MI01 Grand Rapids East

Purpose-built from the ground up for data center operations, the Grand Rapids East, Michigan data center is benchmarked to TIA 942 Tier 3 and 4 standards.

4.22 miles

123NET: DC4

4.22 miles

US Signal Grand Rapids South

(2) - 800a 480V 3 phase (2) 500kW diesel generators with 24 run time at full load 675kVa UPS with battery backup

4.27 miles

ManagedWay Byron Center

7.89 miles

In 2024, Microsoft acquired a 144-acre property in Dorr Township, Allegan County, located along U.S. 131 at 14th st.

8.29 miles

In 2024, Microsoft acquired a 128-acre property in Dorr Township, Allegan County, located along U.S. 131 at 144th Avenue.

11.14 miles

Microsoft has revealed that it is behind a data center project in Lowell Township, Kent County. The project would see 235 acres developed into a data center campus.