Microsoft Becker Data Center
Microsoft · Becker, MN · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 45.3931821, -93.8768904
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-24
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
No dated operational history is established in this record. Publication, discovery and source-update dates are not opening dates.
Source notes
Microsoft bought ~295 acres from Xcel Energy near the Sherco coal plant in Becker for ~$17.7M (closed 2024-02-12) 'with the intent' to build a data center. As of Oct 2025 no formal plans had been submitted to the city. Distinct site/operator from the already-tracked, suspended Amazon Becker project (~348 acres, same area; locally nicknamed 'Core Ridge') — not a duplicate.
Sources and provenance
- Xcel Energy sells land in Becker to Microsoft for data center · source retrieved 2026-08-24
- As hyperscale data centers boom, Minnesota's projects are confronting regulatory and environmental realities · source retrieved 2026-08-24
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.