Data center campus · Northwest of Highway 92 and Butler Farm Road, Chase City, Mecklenburg, Virginia
Microsoft LYH campus, Chase City
Approved
as of May 1, 2025
A Microsoft data center site near Chase City permitted by DEQ for backup generators serving buildings LYH03 through LYH06. Also known as: LYH03, LYH04, LYH05, LYH06.
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Who is behind it
ProjectMicrosoft LYH campus, Chase CityAlso: LYH03, LYH04, LYH05, LYH06
Developer and teamMicrosoft
End userMicrosoft
The record, newest first
DEQ approved a permit for 110 3,000 kW and four 500 kW backup diesel generators, listed as to be constructed, at LYH03 through LYH06. (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, May 1, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- Microsoft's LYH10 data center is a separate permit at US 58 and Ridge Road in Boydton and is left in microsoft-mecklenburg.
- May overlap with the Chase City sites counted in microsoft-mecklenburg.
The full record
- Status note
- DEQ approved a permit to construct and operate; it lapses if continuous construction has not begun by Nov. 1, 2026.
- Power note
- Capacity not disclosed. The DEQ permit covers 114 backup generators rated 332 MW combined (sum of listed ratings), not the facility load.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)