# Microsoft Operates Fayetteville, Georgia AI Data Center

Microsoft’s Fairwater AI data center on a QTS campus in Fayetteville, Georgia, has operated since October 2025 without on-site backup generators or UPS systems, relying instead on the local grid, software-based load controls, and on-site storage. Engineers cited in the report describe the grid as providing four-nines reliability. The reported capacity of 304,279 GPUs and 636 MW comes from Epoch AI estimates and has not been confirmed by Microsoft. The report identifies no solicitation, contract award, or procurement contact, but it highlights infrastructure requirements relevant to data center and AI procurements.

- Contractors serving data center operators may find demand for grid reliability, workload management, energy storage, and liquid-cooling capabilities; the signal does not identify a specific open procurement.
- Procurement teams planning AI or data-center capacity can use this example to assess grid dependence and resilience approaches alongside conventional on-site backup systems.
- Treat the GPU and power-capacity figures as estimates, not confirmed facility specifications, when evaluating market size or preparing proposals.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 29, 2026

### Vendors
- Microsoft (data center operator)
- QTS (data center campus host)

### Sources
- [An Atlanta computing hall built for an estimated 304,279 chips skipped backup generators entirely, and engineers say the local power grid alone keeps it running at four nines reliability](https://gcn.com/backup-generators-atlanta-computing-hall-built/22852) - gcn.com