Microsoft data center campus south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport
Also called: Microsoft Goodyear
Microsoft runs and is growing a five-building data center campus in Goodyear. Because the local water is salty and hard to reuse, it agreed in 2023 to cool future buildings with air. It is paying $36 million toward a bigger city wastewater plant.
Where things stand: First building done and more being added. In 2023 Microsoft agreed to air-cool later buildings and pay for sewer upgrades.
🕒 Latest update (March 6, 2023): Goodyear approved a deal: Microsoft pays $36 million toward a wastewater plant expansion and agrees to air-cool future buildings.
What we know
- 📍 WhereNearly 300 acres south of MC 85 and Phoenix Goodyear Airport. Microsoft also bought 100 acres next door., Goodyear, Maricopa County
- 🏢 CompanyMicrosoft
- 👤 Built forMicrosoft
- 🌳 Size300 acres
- 💧 WaterCity of Goodyear; wastewater goes to an expanded city treatment plant
- ❄️ CoolingBuildings 1-3 use water cooling; buildings 4-5 will be air-cooled (2023 agreement).
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water do the running buildings use each day? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much power does the campus use? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- March 6, 2023Goodyear approved a deal: Microsoft pays $36 million toward a wastewater plant expansion and agrees to air-cool future buildings.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
City council unanimously passed a full rewrite of its zoning code, the first since 1999. Data centers are allowed in industrial zones with conditions, and must stay 300 feet from homes, with new noise standards.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Microsoft agrees to make data centers air cooled amid water infrastructure challenges in Goodyear · Arizona Technology Council · March 2023
- Microsoft purchases 100 acres next to existing data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona · DatacenterDynamics · 2023
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