PROJECT Operating + construction
Microsoft Mount Pleasant / Fairwater
Microsoft's first facility is operating. The adjacent second facility remains under construction, with foundations, structural steel and underground utilities underway and completion targeted for 2028. Separate early earthwork supports further development; it is not a third operating facility.
Project facts
- Developer / owner
- Microsoft
- Site
- Campus phases near County Road KR, County Road H and Durand Avenue, Mount Pleasant, WI
- Industry
- Data centers
- Record status
- Verified Sep 7, 2026
Workforce outlook
No linked openings yet; tracked from public milestones.
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Project participants
- General Contractor
- Walsh Construction · Source ↗
Phase 2 expansion: foundations, structural steel and underground utilities. Microsoft also identifies Walsh as the current construction contact.
Milestones and targets
- July 25, 2023 Reported
- Site-preparation permits reported · Source ↗
- June 23, 2026 Reported
- First facility confirmed fully operational · Source ↗
- 2028 Target
- Second facility completion · Source ↗
Targets reflect published schedules and are not confirmed completions.
Construction progress
- Running
- About 369 MW in 1 building · Epoch estimate, May 2026
- Planned
- About 2,263 MW in 11 buildings by May 2028 · Epoch projection
- May 15, 2026 Seen
- Building 2's main shell is nearly complete. The area to the northwest has been regraded for nine more buildings, and work continues on its substation.
- Apr 16, 2026 Reported
- Microsoft announced that Building 1 is running.
- Jan 28, 2026 Seen
- Building 1 looks complete, and steel framing is under way on Building 2.
- Jul 14, 2023 Seen
- Land clearing begins for Building 1.
Seen: visible in satellite or drone images. Reported: stated by the company or a public agency. Estimate: Epoch AI’s judgment from progress so far. Building numbers are Epoch’s. Summarized from Epoch AI, AI data centers (updated Nov 1, 2026), CC BY 4.0.