Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, United States
Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin is an operational AI data center in Mount Pleasant, WI, USA, with AI chips owned by Microsoft and used by OpenAI (likely) and Microsoft (likely). It hosts an estimated 446k H100-equivalent chips, scaling toward a projected 4,528k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 369 MW of IT power, rising to 2,263 MW — at a capital cost of $14.0 B, rising to $85.7 B. We estimate that it uses Nvidia B200 chips. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, company disclosures, regulatory filings, chip availability, and chip efficiency. Microsoft describes Fairwater Wisconsin as its most powerful data center yet, likely providing training compute for OpenAI.
Satellite imagery
CURRENT COMPUTE
446k H100-eq
8.82e20 8-bit OP/s
PROJECTED
4,528k H100-eq
8.96e21 8-bit OP/s
CURRENT IT POWER
369 MW
PROJECTED IT POWER
2,263 MW
CURRENT COST
$14.0 B
PROJECTED COST
$85.7 B
Land clearing begins for Building 1.
Building 1 cooling and backup generators all look complete from above but there is still construction visible around the building. Building 2 is well underway with a foundation and a complete substation. Large carpark and concrete area north of Building 2. Building 3 has a concrete foundation and a substation underway.
Building 1 looks complete, but based on Microsoft announcements, it's not fully operational yet. Steel framing is underway for Building 2.
Building 1 is operational. X post from Microsoft saying this date for Fairwater becoming operational.
The main shell of Building 2 looks almost completed. In Area 2 (northwest of Buildings 1-2), the grading for the original design has been replaced with grading for the new 9-building design, making way for Buildings 3-11. Work continues on the northern substation in Area 2.
Building 2 is operational. This is estimated based on (1) the delay between Building 1 and Building 2 starting land clearing, (2) in March 2025, a Microsoft spokesperson said “fully on track” with the first phase , where “southern datacenter buildings complete, and preparation begins for operations” was expected by late 2026. Finally, while it's not 100% consistent with our estimates, MISO was planning 1480 MW of load for Microsoft in Mount Pleasant in 2026.
Buildings 3-11 are estimated to be operational. The grading for this revised 9-building plan was underway in May 2026, and we assume an average 2-year build time from that point.