Microsoft Granger Data Center
Microsoft · Granger, IN · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 41.73, -86.13
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Indiana Michigan Power (I&M / AEP)
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 1000 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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
- Proposed
Microsoft acquires 939-acre St. Joe Farm near Currant and Cleveland Roads, Granger IN for $77.5M; site adjacent to Indiana Toll Road; county rezones land
Underlying source - Permitted
St. Joseph County Redevelopment Commission and City of Mishawaka approve MOU for pre-development work; $12.6M cap for early design and infrastructure evaluation; construction authorization pending resolution of utility and site plan questions
Underlying source - Under construction
Construction underway as of late May 2026: WVPE reported on May 30, 2026 that Microsoft was trucking water into the site to suppress dust and that the county highway department was inspecting construction truck traffic. Follows the St. Joseph County MOU approval (March 17, 2026); WSBT reported in March 2026 that construction could begin in late April or early May, and as of October 2026 no source found gives the actual start date.
Underlying source
Source notes
Former St. Joe Farm, near Bittersweet Road and Currant Road, Granger IN (St. Joseph County). 939 acres; 5-6 buildings planned; ~1 GW power load estimated by county officials. Microsoft not seeking local tax incentives. WSBT reported on February 18, 2026 that a formal site plan had not been submitted and that many project details still had to be worked out before construction could begin; WNDU March 2026 MOU covers pre-development evaluation only. WVPE reported on May 30, 2026 that construction was underway, with water trucked in for dust suppression. The record is marked reported. Coordinates are approximate Granger unincorporated community area.
Grid-served; Microsoft is named among large-load customers in I&M's 2024 settlement. No on-site generation reported.
Sources and provenance
- Microsoft buys 900-acre St. Joe Farm, Indiana, for data center build · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Microsoft data center MOU approved in St. Joseph County amid resident concerns · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Granger meeting draws crowd for update on large Microsoft data center planned · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Construction of Microsoft data center could begin in late April or early May · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Microsoft data center concerns spark crowded Granger meeting · source retrieved 2026-10-16
- St. Joseph County officials respond to data center construction concerns (construction underway) · source retrieved 2026-07-18
- Microsoft holds open house for Granger data center project · source retrieved 2026-10-16
- Microsoft data center project moves forward in Granger · source retrieved 2026-10-16
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.