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Data center campus · North Highway 74 between Kirkley Road and the Fulton County line, north side of Tyrone, Fayette County, Georgia

Microsoft Tyrone campus (Project Rita)

Approved as of March 28, 2024

A two-building Microsoft campus of about 505,000 sq ft on 161 acres that Tyrone rezoned in March 2024 and that has not yet reached site-plan review. Also known as: Project Rita.

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Power96MW reported · stated
Floor area504,600sq ft
Site161acres

Who is behind it

ProjectMicrosoft Tyrone campus (Project Rita)Also: Project Rita
Developer and teamMicrosoft
Fayette County Development Authority (zoning petitioner)
End userMicrosoft

The record, newest first

  1. Staff told the council that technical review had not begun because Microsoft had not submitted engineering plans. (Fayette County News, July 22, 2026)

  2. Council discussed a possible data center moratorium and noted that no development plans had been submitted. (Town of Tyrone, June 4, 2026)

  3. More than a dozen people spoke against the project at a council meeting, asking for independent studies and a moratorium. (Fayette County News, May 2026)

  4. Microsoft held a community information session at Tyrone Town Hall. (Microsoft Local, May 1, 2026; Microsoft Local, July 2026; Fayette County News, May 2026)

  5. Microsoft said in a blog post that it plans to build a datacenter in Tyrone, confirming it is behind the project. (Microsoft Local, May 1, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, undated)

  6. A purchase of 161 acres in south Fulton and Fayette for more than $56 million closed, according to the AJC's report on Microsoft's land buying. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 17, 2024)

  7. The Town Council approved the rezoning to Business Technology Park at a called meeting; the minutes also record annexation motions with conditions. (Town of Tyrone, Aug. 2026; Town of Tyrone, March 28, 2024)

  8. The Town Council heard Development Authority petitions covering five parcels of about 145.5 acres for two 252,300 sq ft data processing buildings, and tabled them for a week. (Town of Tyrone, March 21, 2024; The Citizen, March 19, 2024; DatacenterDynamics, undated)

  9. Tyrone's Planning Commission held its public hearing on the rezoning. (Town of Tyrone, Aug. 2026)

  10. Details of Project Rita first emerged: DCD reports a state regional-impact application filed that month, and the AJC, citing the Atlanta Business Chronicle, later described about 1.5 million sq ft and $350 million. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 17, 2024; DatacenterDynamics, undated)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Size is reported variously: 504,600 sq ft in the 2024 minutes, 490,000 in The Citizen and DCD's 2024 story, about 500,000 in later coverage. The 1.5 million sq ft figure appears only in the AJC's account of the earlier disclosure.
  • Acreage: about 147 acres lie in Tyrone; the rest of the 161 acres, in Fulton County and Fairburn, stays outside the rezoning.
  • The March 2024 minutes record incomplete vote tallies, so no count is given. The town's page states the council approved the rezoning on March 28.
  • Microsoft's open-house boards expect mass grading within 12 to 24 months, pending permits, and call the concept plan subject to change.
  • The town's page says electric service comes from the applicable utility provider, without naming one for this site. The regional-impact report on the Atlanta Regional Commission site was not opened.

The full record

Status note
Rezoning stands; town staff said in July 2026 that Microsoft had filed no engineering plans and given no timeframe.
Power note
DCD reported two 48 MW buildings, crediting the Fayette County Development Authority for the per-building figure. The town's page gives no MW.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.