{"data":{"slug":"microsoft-fairwater","etype":"datacenter","name":"Microsoft Fairwater","cat":"AI Campus","subtitle":"Microsoft's 'most powerful AI datacenter' — and a template it is replicating.","summary":"Fairwater in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin (on the site once planned for Foxconn's LCD plant) opened in 2025 as what Microsoft called the world's most powerful AI datacenter: hundreds of thousands of GB200-class GPUs on a flat NVLink/InfiniBand fabric, closed-loop liquid cooling with minimal water draw, and a second Fairwater announced for Atlanta with the sites linked by an AI WAN into one distributed supercomputer. Total Wisconsin commitment: $7B+.","attrs":[{"g":"Overview","l":"Operator","v":"Microsoft (Azure)"},{"b":"Vendor claim","g":"Scale","l":"Hardware","v":"'Hundreds of thousands' of GB200-class GPUs (company statements)"},{"b":"Vendor claim","g":"Cooling","l":"Cooling","v":"Closed-loop liquid; company says near-zero operational water for cooling"},{"b":"Official","g":"Overview","l":"Replication","v":"Second Fairwater in Atlanta; multi-site AI WAN"}],"kf":{"chips":"NVIDIA GB200 fleet","power":"Hundreds of MW class (site figures not fully disclosed)","status":"First site live 2025","operator":"Microsoft"},"aliases":["Fairwater","Mount Pleasant data center"],"ticker":null,"exchange":null,"hq":null,"founded":null,"website":null,"status":"Operating; expanding","region":"Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, US","asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/18/inside-the-worlds-most-powerful-ai-datacenter/","label":"Microsoft Fairwater announcement"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T03:49:30+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}