Building 1 is the northernmost data center on Microsoft’s original La Porte property, positioned close to Boyd Boulevard and the main campus entrance. The building is part of the first three-facility construction program and is scheduled to be completed in early spring 2029.
| Distance | Site | About |
|---|---|---|
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Hub GammaInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Metro CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edge HubInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Cloud PlazaInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | PlusInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | UltraInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | AlphaInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Cloud CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
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.
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.
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 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.
October 19, 2026 Nscale
Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor Nscale's Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sovereign AI data center when it was announced in 2025. The withdrawal, first reported by The Telegraph on Oct. 18, leaves the £2bn project...
Read more
October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource Generation Company, will add...
Read more
October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center campus...
Read more
October 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, four days after the sale closed. The site lies between Highway 141 and Seminole Avenue, but...
Read more
October 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported on...
Read more
Mar 12, 2026 Eric Bell World
Go to Podcast
Jan 15, 2026 Eric Bell Applied Digital
Go to Podcast
Jan 05, 2026 Eric Bell Dallas
Go to Podcast
Sep 04, 2025 Eric Bell Texas
Go to Podcast