Microsoft Rome, Georgia Data Center Filing Lists 422 MW Campus

Microsoft ATL80 Cost, Tax Revenue and Power Limits

Microsoft estimates the campus will be valued at $360 million once built out and will generate $35 million in annual local tax revenue, per DatacenterDynamics. The filing does not say how the 422 MW splits between critical IT load and cooling or other site overhead, so the figure should be read as total campus power capacity and not as the amount of computing hardware on site.

The reports do not describe the cooling system, so the 13,500 gallons per day cannot be tied to a cooling design, and the filing gives no figure for how densely the 422 MW would be packed into the three buildings.

Project Firecracker History and Microsoft's Georgia Pipeline

Microsoft bought the Rome parcel in 2023, when it referred to the project as Project Firecracker, DatacenterDynamics said. The new filing turns that land purchase into a defined three-building campus with a power figure attached.

It follows by one month a DRI application for ATL50, a two-building, 910,000 sq ft campus on an 88-acre parcel in Union City, which is set to launch in 2032, according to DatacenterDynamics.

Community consent is a live issue for hyperscalers in the US, and Voltgrid News also covered how Microsoft dropped a 50 MW Nscale site over grid timing in the UK. As Voltgrid reported, Amazon, Meta and Google pledged $1 billion each to host communities as opposition to new projects grows.

What Is Not Confirmed About the Rome Campus

The DRI database shows the application at "Additional Form Submitted", with the determination, completeness certification and regional commission findings still blank. A DRI review is a regional impact assessment and not a construction permit, so the filing does not by itself approve the build.

The sources reviewed do not say who the end customer is, how many GPUs the campus would hold, or when Georgia Power would energize each building. Whether 422 MW is available by the 2032 completion date depends on the utility, and no Georgia Power statement appears in those sources.