Data center profile · Malaga Alcoa Highway, Malaga, Chelan County (near Wenatchee), Washington

Microsoft Malaga Campus

Microsoft's campus at Malaga, Chelan County, Washington: 288 MW of utility demand under a PUD large-load contract, two data halls in service, more coming.

Partly operating. A Sept. 17, 2026 tour reported two data halls in service and three more in construction, testing and turnover; the county says three buildings hold permits. Helion's fusion supply (50 MW target) may not reach full output until 2030 (press).
Microsoft Malaga campus, Chelan County WA, Satellite image, March 7, 2025
288 MW
demand capacity Microsoft requested from the utility
Chelan PUD resolution, June 2025; IT capacity not disclosed; an earlier SEPA filing cited 360 MW (press)
2 data halls
operating as of Sept. 2026
three more in construction, testing and turnover inside the toured building (press)
3 of 6
anticipated buildings with permits
applications for the other three have not been submitted (county, Oct. 2026)
$86.5M
substation Microsoft paid up front
Jumpoff Ridge, owned by the PUD, on the campus
OperatorMicrosoft (self-developed and self-operated)
CustomerMicrosoft Azure (no outside tenant)
Planned IT capacity222 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since 2026
Next deadline2028: Helion's fusion plant, which has a power purchase agreement with Microsoft, is due online by 2028; a Helion executive reportedly said full output may take until 2030 (press)
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Satellite image, March 7, 2025. Pin: Microsoft Malaga, EAT13; campus, Chelan County WA.
From orbit

Microsoft Malaga

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From orbit

The latest view

Latest clear view, Oct. 15, 2026. It comes from a lower-resolution satellite (10 m pixels), so buildings show as blocks of color, not detail. What we count on the Oct. 15, 2026 image:

The latest view
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 15, 2026
Power

Power and the grid

288 MW contracted

Chelan PUD large-load service (Rate Schedule 4)Contracted June 2025
288 MW
requested demand; customer must buy and carry the cost and risk of its own power supply; the PUD says none of its hydropower will serve data centers (press) Utility regulator · June 2025
Contracted
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)
Not used, not on record, or dropped

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. May 10, 2023
    Fusion power deal announced
    Helion agrees to supply Microsoft from its first fusion plant, with Constellation marketing the power. Company · May 2023
  2. Dec. 21, 2023
    Jumpoff Ridge station has a signed interconnection agreement
    The new station loops in one 230 kV and two 115 kV lines and adds a 250 MVA transformer. Utility regulator · Dec. 2023
  3. June 16, 2025
    PUD approves the large-load contracts
    Commissioners approve the service agreement, master power supply agreement and two riders, the first under the PUD's new large-load framework. see Permits
  4. Aug. 1, 2025
    Interim hydropower begins
    Up to 18 MW of surplus hydropower flows through Dec. 2025 while the first building is commissioned. News report · June 2025
  5. Not set
    Long-term supply after the bridge: not public
    The record does not show what power serves the campus after Dec. 2025 beyond the customer-procured supply framework. Utility regulator · June 2025
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 4 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$86.5M
substation and infrastructure Microsoft prepaid
Jumpoff Ridge, owned by the PUD Utility regulator · June 2025
$9.2M
land price for 102.5 acres
$6.6M for the first 72.5 acres; $2.6M for 30 acres (press) News report · April 2022
$7.07M + $5.2M
Phase 2 water agreement: engineering and legal, and the main construction
Microsoft reimburses the port authority; a $3.83M water-main contract was awarded May 26, 2026 Local government · May 2026
$51M
Microsoft's water projects in Chelan County
including $16.4M for cooling-water discharge (press) News report · Sept. 2026

Not on record: tax abatement: a port tax-increment district covering the campus is being formed by end of 2026 (press) News report · 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. April 19, 2022
    Site Port authority approves the sale of about 102.5 acres to Microsoft (press) News report · April 2022
  2. June 24, 2022
    Money Phase 1 water development and reimbursement agreement takes effect Local government · Feb. 2023
  3. May 10, 2023
    Power Helion announces a fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft Company · May 2023
  4. June 2023
    Construction Contractors begin demolishing old buildings on the campus site (press) News report · July 2023
  5. Dec. 21, 2023
    Power Utility reports a signed interconnection agreement for the Jumpoff Ridge station Utility regulator · Dec. 2023
  6. March 25, 2024
    Permits Environmental determination of nonsignificance for the cooling-water disposal facility State agency · March 2024
  7. June 16, 2025
    Power Chelan PUD commissioners approve contract terms to power Microsoft's campus News report · June 2025
  8. Aug. 2025
    Power Interim hydropower starts flowing, up to 18 MW through Dec. 2025 News report · June 2025
  9. May 26, 2026
    Money Port authority considers a $3.83M award for the West Malaga water main under the Phase 2 agreement Local government · May 2026
  10. Aug. 11, 2026
    Construction Officials say the first building is online, the second is under construction and a contractor is chosen for the third (press) News report · Aug. 2026
  11. Sept. 17, 2026
    Construction Campus tour finds two data halls operating; Microsoft says the cost of serving its data centers is not shifted to residential customers (press) News report · Sept. 2026
  12. Oct. 7, 2026
    Permits Record turnout at a Malaga community meeting where residents press for a moratorium; the meeting's main subject was a separate Sabey proposal (press) News report · Oct. 2026
  13. 2028
    Power Target for Helion's fusion plant to come online Company · May 2023
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Sept. 2019: 1 FAA filing (Sept. 2024): a 200 ft crane; 2 OSHA inspections; and 3 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2021; 1 earlier record is not drawn.

FAA filings
OSHA visits
Satellite
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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

102.5 acres
bought from the port authority in two phases for $9.2M (press)
News report · April 2022
6 buildings anticipated
3 permitted; earlier plans said at least three buildings
News report · Oct. 2026
19M gal a year
projected water use, vs. about 129M gallons for the orchards it replaced (press)
News report · Aug. 2026
~75 jobs per building
port authority estimate (press)
News report · Aug. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Microsoft Corporation: developer, owner and sole user
Land and water
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority: sold the land and builds water and cooling-water works Microsoft reimburses
  • Malaga Water District: water supplier
  • RH2 Engineering: port authority's engineer
Power
  • Chelan County PUD: utility and owner of the Jumpoff Ridge substation
  • Helion Energy and Helion One, LLC: fusion plant developer; Constellation: power marketer
Decision-makers
  • Chelan County Community Development: building permits
  • Washington Department of Ecology: discharge permits
Builders on site
  • Garco Construction Inc: contractor on site per OSHA inspection 348070830; 1 OSHA inspection
  • Veca Electric & Technologies LLC: contractor on site per OSHA inspection 348413956; 1 OSHA inspection
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

230 records from 35 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, state agency records, public and commercial datasets, utility regulator dockets, company statements and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 15Local government 5State agency 5Dataset 4Utility regulator 3Company 3Satellite 2
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (23)
  • Utility: Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (Chelan County PUD)
    “Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Utility service: 288 MW
    “Microsoft's requested demand capacity is 288,000 kW”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Power plan: Grid-only via Chelan PUD negotiated large-load contract (Rate Schedule 4); customer procures supply; PUD holds no hydropower obligation
    “The contracts are the Large Load Service Agreement, Master Power Supply Agreement, Power Supply Rider No. 1 to Master Power Supply Agreement (Interim Rider), and Power Supply Rider No. 2 to Master Power Supply Agreement (WSPP Rider)”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Grid operator: None - Western Interconnection (Chelan PUD system; BPA region)
    “This is a 230 kV and 115 kV load interconnection project at a new Jumpoff Ridge station near Malaga, Washington”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade A
  • Substation spec: 250 MVA autotransformer; loops in one existing 230 kV line and two existing 115 kV lines; two 1.5-mile line segments reconductored
    “A new Jumpoff Ridge station is to be constructed, looping in one existing 230 kV line and two existing 115 kV lines and adding a 250 MVA autotransformer”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade A
  • Transmission interconnection (Jumpoff Ridge station): Progress report - signed interconnection agreement in place
    “A new Jumpoff Ridge station is to be constructed, looping in one existing 230 kV line and two existing 115 kV lines and adding a 250 MVA autotransformer”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade A
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 9.185 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 0.595 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Registry status: operating no state air permit located
    “ECHO air and CWA pulls at the Malaga site point 47.355,-120.450 returned 0 rows”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Microsoft's requested demand capacity is 288,000 kW”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “The plant is expected to be online by 2028 and will target power generation of 50 MW or greater after a 1-year ramp up period”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: Energized and operating (two halls live Sep 2026): Chelan County PUD serves Malaga via the Microsoft-funded $86.5 million Jumpoff Ridge Substation (commissioned summer 2025). Documented supply is
    “From 2026 to 2040, the power supply for Microsoft's data center has not yet been determined.”
    Company · June 2025 · grade B
  • Utility service: 18 MW
    “Chelan PUD negotiated a contract with Microsoft for a five-month term using Chelan PUD surplus hydropower at market-based pricing. That electricity - up to 18 megawatts - is scheduled to begin flowing to the data center in August”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
  • Substation: Jumpoff Ridge substation (Chelan PUD), on campus, 5300 block of Malaga Alcoa Highway; $86.5M cost paid up front by Microsoft
    “Microsoft paid up front to build the $86.5 million Jumpoff Ridge substation and other infrastructure improvements that were needed to serve the data center”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
  • Utility: Chelan County PUD - the PUD built the Jumpoff Ridge Substation (115/230 kV, $86.5M, Microsoft-funded) on the campus, 0.23 km NE of the anchor; the SEPA project also reconductored ~1.5 miles of line from McKenzie
    “The company is also paying for the electrical infrastructure required by its campuses, including the $86.5 million Jumpoff Ridge substation under development by Chelan County PUD”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Helion received Washington DOH radioactive materials and radioactive air emissions licenses for Orion - described as commercial operating approvals; assembly and office structures are complete, the generator building is
    “Assembly and office structures have been completed at the Malaga site. Armed with these licences, Helion has approved construction of its generator building, with earthwork actively underway”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Conditional Use Permit: Granted
    “The new permit from Chelan County allows for construction of the fusion generator building and follows a public notice and comment period”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • First power flows under the Interim Rider (up to 18 MW of surplus hydropower through December 2025) as Microsoft begins commissioning the first building.
    “Chelan PUD negotiated a short-term contract for up to 18 megawatts of surplus hydropower at market-based pricing through December”
    News report · June 2025 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: approved
    “Chelan County Public Utility District commissioners on Monday, June 16, approved a contract to supply power to Microsoft's forthcoming data center campus in Malaga”
    News report · June 2025 · grade C
  • Utility service: 18 MW
    “That electricity - up to 18 megawatts - is scheduled to begin flowing to the data center in August.”
    Company · June 2025 · grade C
  • Utility service: 360 MW
    “The metal-enclosed capacitors will help power 360 megawatts to Microsoft's data center, comprised of at least three buildings on roughly 105 acres, according to the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) application”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: approved
    “PUD commissioners July 24 voted to buy seven capacitor banks at about $4 million total for the Microsoft data center”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 360 MW
    “The metal-enclosed capacitors will help power 360 megawatts to Microsoft's data center, comprised of at least three buildings on roughly 105 acres, according to the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) application”
    News report · July 2023 · grade C
Money and contracts (58)
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase 2 Water System Improvements: value 3826710.13 USD
    “Award the West Malaga Road Transmission Water Main Project to Selland Construction in the amount of $3,826,710.13 including Washington State Sales Tax”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase 2 Water System Improvements: value 7070000 USD
    “The Development and Reimbursement Agreement for Phase 2 Water System Improvements between the CDRPA and Microsoft included $7,070,000 for engineering and legal fees”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase 2 Water System Improvements: value 5200000 USD
    “The Development and Reimbursement Agreement for Phase 2 Water System Improvements between the CDRPA and Microsoft included roughly $5,200,000 for the construction of the West Malaga Road Transmission Water Main Project”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Tenants: Microsoft Corporation (self-use only; no third-party tenant)
    “Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) has requested electric service from Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (the District) at a location in the vicinity of Malaga, Chelan County”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): scope Contract suite authorized for electric service under Rate Schedule 4 at Malaga; resolution introduced Jun 4, 2025 and adopted
    “The contracts are the Large Load Service Agreement, Master Power Supply Agreement, Power Supply Rider No. 1 to Master Power Supply Agreement (Interim Rider), and Power Supply Rider No. 2 to Master Power Supply Agreement (WSPP Rider)”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): demand 288 MW
    “Microsoft's requested demand capacity is 288,000 kW”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): supply option Framework offers three arrangements: (1) District procures wholesale energy for 1-5 year periods; (2) customer identif
    “includes three arrangements: (1) the District procures wholesale energy for periods of one to five years; (2) the customer identifies wholesale energy which the District procures; and (3) the District and customer negotiate an arrangement”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): condition Additional power supply riders that source power from District-owned generation require prior Commission authorization
    “prior Commission authorization is required for additional power supply riders that source power from District-owned generation”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): rate adjustment Contract incorporates Rate Schedule 4 rates plus load-specific rates, all subject to adjustment throughout the contr
    “all of which are subject to adjustment throughout the contract term by the Commission”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Rate Schedule 4, Large Loads (tariff framework for the LLSA): rate term Energy Capacity Charge of $10.93/kW on the positive difference of 90% of Demand minus average demand, applying once Demand exceeds 5,000 kW USD/kW
    “The charge is $10.93/kW of the positive difference, if any, of 90% of the Demand minus the average demand during the billing period”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Rate Schedule 4, Large Loads (tariff framework for the LLSA): rate term Load Following Charge of $13.66 per load-following kilowatt (maximum hourly 1-minute demand swing) USD/kW
    “The charge is calculated by multiplying $13.66 per load-following kilowatt by the maximum hourly load-following kilowatt amount in the billing period”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Rate Schedule 4, Large Loads (tariff framework for the LLSA): cost allocation Customer assumes all costs and mitigates all risks associated with its power supply, to the District's satisfaction
    “Customer will assume all costs and mitigate all risks associated with the power supply to the District's satisfaction”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Rate Schedules 36 and 4 (revised): scope Revised Rate Schedule 36 caps data centers and similar loads at 5 MW maximum authorized demand; larger loads are served under Rate Schedule 4 by contract - the route Microsoft's c
    “The proposed revisions to Rate Schedule 36 set a maximum size limit of 5 megawatts (MW) for loads served under the rate schedule”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): scope Lease of 80 acres of the District's 401-acre Rock Island Dam parcel (20 acres for project facilities, 60 acres reserved) for a fusion generator plant; it
    “The District has received a request to lease 80 acres of the property and provide water rights for up to 483 acre-feet (300 gallons per minute) per year of water for a fusion generator plant”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): term 50-year operations period, extendable if both parties agree
    “A 50-year operations period that may be extended if both parties agree”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): term 10-year decommissioning period, extendable if both parties agree
    “A 10-year decommissioning period that may be extended if both parties agree”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): value 348480 / 435600 / 522720 by period USD per year
    “Annual rent is $348,480 for the development period, $435,600 for the construction period and $522,720 for the operations and decommissioning periods”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): termination District may terminate if the OATT-related agreements are not executed, or if milestones in the development, construction and commercial operations
    “The District may terminate the Lease Agreement if 1) the OATT related agreements are not executed; or 2) milestones stated in the Lease Agreement during the development, construction and commercial operations phases of the project are not achieved”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): condition Lease is conditioned on Chelan County's threshold determination regarding Helion's SEPA checklist
    “The Lease Agreement is conditioned on Chelan County's threshold determination regarding Helion's SEPA checklist”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): purchase right District holds a right of first refusal to purchase excess energy produced on the 20-acre parcel
    “The District has a right of first refusal to purchase excess energy produced on the 20-acre parcel”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Ground lease - Rock Island Dam property (Helion Orion site): water Water rights up to 483 acre-feet per year (300 gpm) via a District application to Ecology with District mitigation rights; Helion pays $250 per acre-foot
    “Helion will pay the District a fixed rate of $250 per acre-feet, plus reimbursement for any other costs plus an administrative fee of 10%”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Interconnection agreement - Jumpoff Ridge: scope Signed interconnection agreement in place for the Jumpoff Ridge station interconnecting the Microsoft load
    “The Jumpoff Ridge project has a signed interconnection agreement and station design and purchasing are in progress”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade A
  • Industrial Cooling Water Agreement - Phase I (cooling water discharge system): scope Design of the cooling water discharge system: conveyance from the campus (EAT12 site) to the GBI disposal site, with evaporation via li
    “This Scope of Work outlines RH2's services to design the system to provide conveyance from the EAT12 site to the GBI site and evaporation of the cooling water via lined ponds and spray discharge fields”
    Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade A
  • Industrial Cooling Water Agreement - Phase I (cooling water discharge system): value 1584500 USD
    “This task authorization encompasses the engineering responsibilities agreed to in Phase I of the Industrial Cooling Water Agreement between the CDRPA and Microsoft. Please note, the Phase I budget includes $1,584,500 for indirect costs”
    Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade A
  • Industrial Cooling Water Agreement - Phase I (cooling water discharge system): value 884088 USD
    “The attached task authorization is not to exceed $884,088”
    Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade A
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase I (water system improvements): scope Port develops Malaga water system improvements (waterline extensions, reservoir, wells) to serve the LoJo Property; Microsoft reimburse
    “June 24, 2022 Agreement with Microsoft became effective”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade A
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase I (water system improvements): condition Engineering timelines are contract-driven: RH2 task work proceeds to meet the timeline with Microsoft as required by the Phase I De
    “de Mestre reviewed the status of the project and the need to proceed with task items 6 and 7 with RH2 to meet the timeline with Microsoft as required by the Phase I Development and Reimbursement Agreement”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade A
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase I (water system improvements): value 1038591 USD
    “To proceed with Tasks 8A and 9A with a total amount of Phase I not to exceed $1,038,591.00”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade A
  • The Phase I Development and Reimbursement Agreement between the port and Microsoft becomes effective, two months after the land PSA approval.
    “June 24, 2022 Agreement with Microsoft became effective”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade A
  • Incentives: None located - no tax abatement, PILOT, or incentive agreement for the campus appears in any opened record
    “The Development and Reimbursement Agreement for Phase 2 Water System Improvements between the CDRPA and Microsoft included $7,070,000 for engineering and legal fees”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): termination FINDING: no termination-for-convenience, minimum-billing, or exit-fee clause is stated in the authorizing resolution, th
    “Rates, terms, and conditions of Service will be established by Contract and will be at the District's sole discretion”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite - Interim Rider (Power Supply Rider No. 1): supply 18 MW
    “Chelan PUD negotiated a contract with Microsoft for a five-month term using Chelan PUD surplus hydropower at market-based pricing. That electricity - up to 18 megawatts - is scheduled to begin flowing to the data center in August”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
  • Infrastructure funding - Jumpoff Ridge substation: value 86500000 USD
    “Microsoft paid up front to build the $86.5 million Jumpoff Ridge substation and other infrastructure improvements that were needed to serve the data center”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade B
  • Power purchase agreement (fusion): scope Helion to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant (Orion, Malaga); Constellation serves as power marketer and manages transmission
    “Helion Energy (Helion) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project”
    Company · May 2023 · grade B
  • Power purchase agreement (fusion): quantity 50 MW
    “The plant is expected to be online by 2028 and will target power generation of 50 MW or greater after a 1-year ramp up period”
    Company · May 2023 · grade B
  • Power purchase agreement (fusion): termination FINDING: no termination, penalty, or replacement-power clause is disclosed in Helion's announcement of the PPA; the PPA text is not public
    “Helion Energy (Helion) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project”
    Company · May 2023 · grade B
  • Development and Reimbursement Agreement - Phase I (water system improvements): termination FINDING: no termination or failure-to-develop clause of the Phase I DRA is quoted in any port packet opened for this folder; the
    “de Mestre reviewed the status of the project and the need to proceed with task items 6 and 7 with RH2 to meet the timeline with Microsoft as required by the Phase I Development and Reimbursement Agreement”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade B
  • Chelan County's comprehensive-plan update proposes a Malaga urban growth area and a campus industrial designation that could impose setbacks, lighting and noise standards and conditional-use-permit requirements; public h
    “The parts up for comment include a proposed Malaga urban growth area, the Stehekin Community Plan and a climate resiliency assessment”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: owner-operated by Microsoft - conventional cloud data centers for Microsoft's own cloud; no third-party tenant
    “The Malaga facilities are conventional cloud data centers rather than campuses built specifically to train generative artificial intelligence models”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: Owner-occupied and self-operated by Microsoft data center operations; no lease, no tenant recruitment
    “The cost of serving our data centers is not shifted to residential electrical customers”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Water investment: 51000000 USD
    “In Malaga and Chelan County, Microsoft has invested approximately $51 million in water projects, including $16.4 million for a cooling-water discharge facility”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Helion delivery risk: Axios reported (via GeekWire) that Orion's full capacity might not be reached until 2030, against the PPA's 2028 target; Helion's Series G grew to $500M in September 2026.
    “Axios recently reported that full capacity might not be reached until 2030, according to a Helion executive”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Port CEO estimate: about 75 full-time workers per data center building; with 15 facilities permitted or in permitting across Chelan and Douglas counties, about 1,120 permanent jobs if all are completed; Microsoft develop
    “Kuntz said data centers are expected to employ approximately 75 full-time workers per building”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Projected campus water consumption is about 19M gallons per year against about 129M gallons per year for the orchards the campus replaced; the development is financing more than $50M of Malaga Water District system impro
    “The development is also financing more than $50 million in improvements to the Malaga Water District system, including new reservoirs, wells, pipelines and monitoring equipment”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Local officials said the first building is online, the second is under construction and a contractor has been selected for the third; officials hope the campus ultimately reaches six buildings.
    “officials said the first building is online, the second is under construction and a contractor has been selected for the third”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Malaga TIF district: the Port of Chelan County is proceeding to form a Malaga tax increment financing district by the end of 2026 encompassing the former Alcoa plant, the Microsoft campus and the planned Helion plant; ab
    “The Port's proposal would encompass the former Alcoa plant, Microsoft's new data center campus, and the planned Helion fusion power facility”
    News report · 2026 · grade C
  • Large Load Service Agreement suite (LLSA + Master Power Supply Agreement + Riders 1-2): approval Commissioners approved the contract on Jun 16, 2025 - the first agreement executed under the PUD's large-load framework
    “Chelan PUD commissioners on June 16 approved contract terms to power a Microsoft data center campus in Washington State”
    News report · June 2025 · grade C
  • Infrastructure investment: 86500000 USD
    “Microsoft paid up front to build the $86.5 million Jumpoff Ridge substation and other infrastructure improvements that were needed to serve the data center.”
    Company · June 2025 · grade C
  • Contractors began demolishing buildings on the campus site in June 2023 (PUD spokesperson, via Wenatchee World/GovTech).
    “PUD commissioners July 24 voted to buy seven capacitor banks at about $4 million total for the Microsoft data center, on which contractors in June began demolishing buildings”
    News report · July 2023 · grade C
  • Site address: 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway, Malaga, WA (Phase I / LoJo Property)
    “Phase I is the Lojo Property, 72.5 acres at 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway for which Microsoft will pay $6.6 million”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Site acres: 102.5 acres
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Chelan County”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • First announced: April 2022
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Chelan County”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land control: Purchased from Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority under a two-phase PSA approved Apr 19, 2022 ($9.2M total); closing anticipated summer 2022
    “Phase I is the Lojo Property, 72.5 acres at 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway for which Microsoft will pay $6.6 million”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land purchase and sale agreement: scope ~102.5 acres in Chelan County in two phases
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Chelan County”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land purchase and sale agreement: value 6600000 USD
    “Phase I is the Lojo Property, 72.5 acres at 5375 Malaga Alcoa Highway for which Microsoft will pay $6.6 million”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land purchase and sale agreement: value 2600000 USD
    “Phase II is the Curtis and Torres properties, 20 and 10 acres, at 5351 Malaga Alcoa Highway and 5309 Malaga Alcoa Highway, respectively for which the company will pay $2.6 million”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land purchase and sale agreement: condition Agreements note Microsoft would use Malaga Water District water for evaporative cooling of industrial server equipment
    “the agreements note Microsoft would use Malaga Water District water for evaporative cooling of industrial server equipment”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
  • Land purchase and sale agreement: termination FINDING: no termination, failure-to-develop, or clawback clause is stated in any public description of the PSA located for this folder
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Chelan County”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
Permits and government (24)
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority: Authorization to award the West Malaga Road Transmission Water Main (Phase 2 DRA) to Selland Construction, $3,826,710.13 including sales tax
    “Award the West Malaga Road Transmission Water Main Project to Selland Construction in the amount of $3,826,710.13 including Washington State Sales Tax”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • State Waste Discharge Permit (cooling water disposal): Temporary permit application announced; public comment period
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority has applied for State Waste Discharge Temporary Permit No. ST0501376 - Malaga Cooling Water Disposal Facility”
    State agency · July 2025 · grade A
  • Water right application (Helion Orion supply wells): Applied for (by Chelan PUD, with District mitigation rights)
    “The District has applied for a water right from the Washington Department of Ecology, with mitigation rights provided by the District”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Chelan County PUD Commission (special meeting): Community meeting on data center and large load contracts; the Microsoft Master Power Supply Agreement resolution was introduced (RCW 54.16.040 requires introduction at lea
    “At a public meeting on June 4, 2025, this Resolution was introduced to the Commission seeking authorization to enter into a proposed Master Power Supply Agreement and related contracts”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Chelan County PUD Commission: Adopted: resolution authorizing the Microsoft Large Load Service Agreement suite; resolution authorizing the Helion One, LLC ground lease; resolution adopting revised Rate Schedules 36 and 4
    “The contracts are the Large Load Service Agreement, Master Power Supply Agreement, Power Supply Rider No. 1 to Master Power Supply Agreement (Interim Rider), and Power Supply Rider No. 2 to Master Power Supply Agreement (WSPP Rider)”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ANM-5198-OE: EAT12, Crane, 200 ft AGL, 1015 ft AMSL, 47.356347,-120.164194, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-09-03”
    FAA · Sept. 2024 · grade A
  • SEPA threshold determination (cooling water disposal facility): DNS issued
    “The Cooling Water Disposal Facility will use a portion of the site as a Low Impact Utility for disposing non-contact cooling water from multiple data center buildings and other future sources”
    State agency · March 2024 · grade A
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority: Agenda item (4): Cooling Water Agreement - Microsoft; staff sought approval to sign RH2 Task Authorization 31 (Malaga Industrial Area Cooling Water Discharge System)
    “This task authorization encompasses the engineering responsibilities agreed to in Phase I of the Industrial Cooling Water Agreement between the CDRPA and Microsoft. Please note, the Phase I budget includes $1,584,500 for indirect costs”
    Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade A
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority: RH2 Task Authorization 17 revisions - Malaga Waterline Project under the Phase I Development and Reimbursement Agreement with Microsoft
    “de Mestre reviewed the status of the project and the need to proceed with task items 6 and 7 with RH2 to meet the timeline with Microsoft as required by the Phase I Development and Reimbursement Agreement”
    Local government · Feb. 2023 · grade A
  • Jurisdiction: Unincorporated Chelan County (Malaga); Chelan County Community Development is the land-use and building-permit authority; area zoning is rural industrial
    “Walter said a proposed campus industrial designation could allow standards addressing setbacks, lighting, noise mitigation and whether certain uses should require conditional use permits and public hearings”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Chelan County confirmed (Oct 7-8, 2026 community meetings) that three Malaga buildings hold issued permits while applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted - a second phase exists on pap
    “three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Chelan PUD COO Dan Koch told the Malaga meeting that large electrical customers must pay for interconnection studies and required infrastructure upgrades, and that none of the PUD's hydropower is going to serving data ce
    “None of our hydropower is going to serving data centers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Chelan County community meeting, Malaga (Commissioner Overbay): Data center discussion (main subject: a separate Sabey proposal, for which no application exists); county and PUD update on the Microsoft campus
    “Regarding Microsoft's separate Malaga development, Walter said three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: Operating-partial + under construction: 2 data halls operating; 3 more halls in construction/testing/turnover; 1 further building rising from foundations; 3 of 6 anticipated buildings permitted
    “Regarding Microsoft's separate Malaga development, Walter said three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings permitted: 3 buildings
    “Regarding Microsoft's separate Malaga development, Walter said three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings anticipated: 6 buildings
    “Regarding Microsoft's separate Malaga development, Walter said three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Building permits (data center buildings): Issued - 3 buildings
    “Regarding Microsoft's separate Malaga development, Walter said three buildings have issued permits; applications for another three anticipated buildings have not been submitted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: operating + construction - two data halls are already operating; three more halls inside the toured building are advancing through construction, testing and turnover, and another building is rising fr
    “Two data halls at the Malaga campus are already operating, while three more inside the toured building are advancing through construction, testing and turnover”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Tri-Commission meeting (CDRPA, Chelan County, Chelan PUD): Port CEO Jim Kuntz presented the value proposition of local data centers: water, power and tax figures for the Microsoft Malaga campus
    “officials said the first building is online, the second is under construction and a contractor has been selected for the third”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Radioactive Materials License + Radioactive Air Emissions License (Helion Orion): Issued
    “The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Radioactive Materials Licence (RML) and Radioactive Air Emissions Licence (RAEL) to fusion company Helion Energy for its Orion facility in Malaga, Washington”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • SEPA threshold determination (Helion Orion): MDNS issued
    “The project previously received a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance from the state's comprehensive environmental review process, or SEPA”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • SEPA review (data center campus): Application filed, as reported
    “The metal-enclosed capacitors will help power 360 megawatts to Microsoft's data center, comprised of at least three buildings on roughly 105 acres, according to the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) application”
    News report · July 2023 · grade C
  • Chelan County PUD Commission: Purchase of seven capacitor banks (about $4M) for the Jumpoff Ridge substation serving the Microsoft campus
    “PUD commissioners July 24 voted to buy seven capacitor banks at about $4 million total for the Microsoft data center”
    News report · July 2023 · grade C
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority: Approval of purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Malaga (two phases: LoJo $6.6M; Curtis + Torres $2.6M)
    “Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a purchase and sale agreement with Microsoft for about 102.5 acres in Chelan County”
    News report · April 2022 · grade C
Site and other (17)
  • County code: Chelan County, WA (53007)
    “The Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (District) owns a 401-acre parcel in Chelan County, of which approximately 75 acres is used for the Rock Island hydro-electric project”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County: Chelan County, WA
    “Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) has requested electric service from Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (the District) at a location in the vicinity of Malaga, Chelan County”
    Utility regulator · June 2025 · grade A
  • Water discharge: Cooling-water discharge to a publicly owned CDRPA disposal facility (about 23 acres): lined evaporation basins + spray fields; NOT discharged directly to the Columbia River
    “The Cooling Water Disposal Facility will use a portion of the site as a Low Impact Utility for disposing non-contact cooling water from multiple data center buildings and other future sources”
    State agency · March 2024 · grade A
  • Site parcels: Chelan County parcels 222135100060; 222135100072; 222135100071
    “on parcel nos. 222135100060, 222135100072, and 222135100071 (referred to as the EAT12 site)”
    Local government · June 2023 · grade A
  • Campus code in primary docs: EAT12
    “on parcel nos. 222135100060, 222135100072, and 222135100071 (referred to as the EAT12 site)”
    Local government · June 2023 · grade A
  • Water supply: Malaga Water District (purchased water; evaporative cooling)
    “The industrial facility will utilize water purchased from the Malaga Water District for evaporative cooling of industrial server equipment”
    Local government · June 2023 · grade A
  • Original target date: 2025
    “assume the development will construct three (3) buildings on the site by the end of 2025, each with an MDD of approximately 83 gpm”
    Local government · April 2022 · grade A
  • Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority buys the 72.5-acre LoJo parcel from LOJO Orchards to recruit industry; the parcel becomes the campus Phase I site.
    “In 2020, the Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority (Port) purchased a 72.5-acre parcel”
    Local government · April 2022 · grade A
  • Developer: Microsoft Corporation (self-developed Azure campus)
    “Microsoft is developing a datacenter campus on Malaga-Alcoa Highway. The project is currently in the first phase of development”
    Company · April 2023 · grade B
  • Record turnout at the Malaga community meeting; residents pressed county officials for a moratorium and stronger protections. The meeting's main subject was a separate Sabey proposal; the Microsoft campus was discussed a
    “Residents raised concerns about noise, lighting, property values, water use and electrical demand”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: Sept. 2026
    “Two data halls at the Malaga campus are already operating, while three more inside the toured building are advancing through construction, testing and turnover”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Data halls operating: 2 data halls
    “Two data halls at the Malaga campus are already operating, while three more inside the toured building are advancing through construction, testing and turnover”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Campus tour and community celebration: two data halls operating; Microsoft states the cost of serving its data centers is not shifted to residential electrical customers.
    “The cost of serving our data centers is not shifted to residential electrical customers”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: operating (phased)
    “Two data halls at the Malaga campus are already operating, while three more inside the toured building are advancing through construction, testing and turnover.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Projected water use: 19 million gallons per year
    “The projected data center consumption is approximately 19 million gallons per year, a difference of about 110 million gallons”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Organized opposition is active across Chelan and Douglas counties (Washington Artificial Intelligence Resistance; No Data Centers NCW campaign), framing data centers around electricity demand, water use and land conversi
    “Educational materials circulated by Washington Artificial Intelligence Resistance and the No Data Centers NCW campaign acknowledge familiar local concerns about electricity demand, water use and land conversion”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 105 acres
    “comprised of at least three buildings on roughly 105 acres, according to the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) application”
    News report · Aug. 2023 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback; Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).