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Microsoft Malaga Campus

Microsoft · Malaga, WA · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
Malaga Alcoa Highway
Coordinates
47.23, -120.2
Serving utility, source-reported
Chelan County PUD
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
288 MW
Source record updated
2026-10-30

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

  1. Proposed

    Microsoft acquired 102.5 acres on Malaga Alcoa Highway for $9.2M across three parcels

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  2. Permitted

    Permits filed for three data center buildings on Malaga Alcoa Highway; Chelan County

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  3. Under construction

    Construction of first datacenter building commenced June 2023 per Microsoft Local blog; Jumpoff Ridge Substation also under construction on campus

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Source notes

Three-building campus at 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway; two additional buildings possible by 2027 on demand. As of July 2026, the 288 MW figure came from secondary aggregator Cleanview; as of October 2026, it also appears in Columbia Riverkeeper's February 2026 report, which lists Chelan County's data center capacity as 24 MW existing / 288 MW planned and says Chelan PUD agreed to supply up to 288 MW to Microsoft over a 15-year period, and in The Wenatchee World's report on the June 2025 power contract, which says the PUD's infrastructure will help provide up to 288 megawatts from 2026 to 2040; both describe it as power the PUD will supply. Primary sources (DCD, Microsoft) do not specify MW capacity. Construction of first building began June 2023 per Microsoft Local blog; the original status history incorrectly dated the under-construction status to 2024-05. Expected operational 2026. Coordinates approximate for Malaga area on Malaga Alcoa Highway. A Building-1 permit cites ~72 peak-shift staff (a single-building figure, not a facility employment total); no confirmed total campus capital-expenditure figure is public. As of 2026-08-08, no citable operational date exists. Microsoft's own Malaga project page gives a first-phase construction window concluding in early 2026 but states plainly that "Completion of construction does not indicate datacenter operation/availability", and publishes no energization or service date. Secondary reporting that the first building would be "powered in August and fully operational by late 2026" is forward-looking and does not change the status, which remains under construction. Microsoft's own Quincy/Central Washington community page states it "operates datacenters in Quincy and is developing new datacenters in Malaga and East Wenatchee" — positively confirming the site is not yet operational.

Carbon-free hydropower from Chelan PUD; 18 MW surplus hydropower through end of 2025, then long-term arrangement under utility energy marketing strategy. Under the June 2025 large-load contract, Microsoft will import new clean power from a third-party supplier for 2026-2040 (source undetermined); Chelan PUD is not obligated to serve its own hydropower. Microsoft funded the $86.5M Jumpoff Ridge substation.

Sources and provenance

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.

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