Being built
Microsoft Malaga data center campus
Microsoft is building the first of up to three large data center buildings on about 100 acres in Malaga. A Microsoft spokesperson said in 2025 that the first building should be fully running by late 2026. Microsoft also bought land next door for possible growth.
Where things stand: First of up to three buildings under construction since 2023; Microsoft said it would be fully running by late 2026.
🕒 Latest update (2023): Construction began on the first data center building.
What we know
- 📍 Whereoff the Malaga-Alcoa Highway in Malaga, south of Wenatchee, Chelan County
- 🏢 CompanyMicrosoft
- 🏛️ Owned byMicrosoft
- 👤 Built forMicrosoft
- 🌳 Size102.5 acres
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromChelan County PUD
- 💧 WaterColumbia River (new pump system)
- ❄️ CoolingColumbia River water pumped in for cooling (2023 plan: about 121,000 gallons a day per building)
❓ Still unanswered
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- Is the first Malaga building running now? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will buildings two and three be built? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many diesel backup generators does the campus have? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water does it use per day today? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- April 2022Microsoft bought 102.5 acres in Malaga for about $9.2 million.
- 2023Construction began on the first data center building.
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Photos: Sentinel-2 cloudless by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Where this comes from
- Microsoft planning three new data centers in Central Washington · Bisnow · March 20, 2023
- Report outlines economic impact of Microsoft's Central Washington data centers · 425 Business · June 26, 2025
- Understanding Microsoft datacenters in Central Washington · Microsoft · 2026
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