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Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Microsoft just broke ground on a new data center in Heath, Ohio, aimed squarely at growing cloud and AI infrastructure...

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin data center build reshapes Foxconn-era AI infrastructure plans by Microsoft

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin data center build reshapes Foxconn-era AI infrastructure plans by Microsoft

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Microsoft just got the green light to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, spread across two new campuses...

Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan

Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Residents in Lowell, Michigan are pushing back hard on a proposed Microsoft data center that would likely support AI workloads,...

Microsoft Maia 200 targets GPU-free, hyperscale AI inference

Microsoft Maia 200 targets GPU-free, hyperscale AI inference

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Microsoft announced Maia 200, a first‑party AI inference accelerator built on TSMC 3 nm, optimized for low‑precision LLM inference and...

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Microsoft wants approval for 15 massive data centers on the former Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, on top of two...

Microsoft Moves toward Community‑First AI Infrastructure Signals

Microsoft Moves toward Community‑First AI Infrastructure Signals

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January 13, 2026

Microsoft Tries To Defuse Local Backlash With “Community‑First” AI Data Center Playbook Microsoft announced a “Community‑First AI Infrastructure” initiative in...

Azure becomes default runway for NVIDIA Rubin‑scale AI deployments

Azure becomes default runway for NVIDIA Rubin‑scale AI deployments

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Microsoft positions Azure as the default runway for NVIDIA Rubin-scale AI Microsoft announced that Azure data centers are already engineered...

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

In a story we have been following closely, it has finally been announced that Microsoft is the company behind a...

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Microsoft spent $32.3 million on 340 acres in Boone County for a new data center site but has effectively hit...

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Yorkville’s village leadership has effectively shut the door on a proposed backup data center that would have supported Microsoft’s growing...