Data center profile · 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quincy, Grant County, Washington

Microsoft Quincy MWH expansion (MWH03 to MWH06)

Four buildings at Microsoft's Quincy, Washington campus, permitted 2018 with 72 emergency generators, in service 2019 to 2022 on Grant PUD power; no MW published.

Operating. State air orders approved the expansion's backup generators in 2018 and list them commissioned between Oct. 2019 and June 2022. Microsoft has published no MW figure; the 210 MW often quoted is backup generator capacity, not campus load.
4 buildings
MWH03, MWH04, MWH05 and MWH06
expansion of the existing MWH data center
72
emergency backup generators approved
68 rated 3.0 MWe plus four smaller units; backup only
2019 to 2022
when the expansion's generators were commissioned
Oct. 2019 to June 2022, per the state air order
Not published
campus power in MW
state orders rate only the backup engines
OperatorMicrosoft (owner and operator)
CustomerNone named beyond Microsoft
Planned IT capacity115 MW at full build-out (our estimate from on-site generation)
First building in serviceIn service since Oct. 2019
Next stepNone published
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Permits

Permits checklist

2 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals on record for the expansion.

Risks

What could slow it down

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. March 6, 2018
    Permits Microsoft applies to the state for the MWH03 to MWH06 expansion State agency · Sept. 2022
  2. Aug. 27, 2018
    Permits Public hearing on the 72-generator plan, which press puts at 210 MW of backup power News report · Aug. 2018
  3. Oct. 24, 2018
    Permits State issues the air approval order for the expansion State agency · Oct. 2018
  4. Oct. 2019
    Construction First expansion generators commissioned State agency · Sept. 2022
  5. April 22, 2022
    Permits Microsoft applies to burn renewable diesel in the emergency engines State agency · Sept. 2022
  6. June 2022
    Construction Last MWH06 engines commissioned, completing the expansion's backup fleet State agency · Sept. 2022
  7. Sept. 27, 2022
    Permits State approves renewable diesel for the site's emergency engines State agency · Sept. 2022
The buildings

Specs

204 MWe
combined rating of the 68 emergency generators (backup, not campus load)
State agency · Oct. 2018
136 coolers
evaporative fluid coolers approved with the expansion
State agency · March 2018
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Microsoft: owner, operator and permit holder
Regulator
  • Washington Department of Ecology: air permits for the generators
Utility
  • Grant County PUD: serving utility
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

21 records from 8 documents

Drawn from state agency records, news reports and public and commercial datasets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

State agency 4News report 3Dataset 1
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 (10)
  • Project identity: Microsoft MWH Data Center, 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quincy, Grant County, WA: the MWH03, MWH04, MWH05 and MWH06 expansion buildings of Microsoft's Quincy campus, permitted by Washington Department
    “Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) MWH Data Center (MWH) is a large data center located at 1515 Port Industrial Parkway in Quincy, WA.”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Project status: OPERATING: the MWH03-06 expansion buildings were approved in 2018 and commissioned in stages (MWH06's engines were commissioned April-June 2022 per the 22AQ-E035 order tables); in 2022 Ecology approved th
    “The Department of Ecology's Air Quality Program (Ecology) has approved the use of renewable diesel fuel for emergency engines at Microsoft Corporation MWH Data Center”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • County code: 53025
    “MWH Data Center, herein referred to as the Permittee, is an existing data center located at 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quincy, Washington, in Grant County.”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Project status: expansion built operating within columbia campus
    “The Department of Ecology's Air Quality Program (Ecology) has approved the use of renewable diesel fuel for emergency engines at Microsoft Corporation MWH Data Center”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Backup generator nameplate ceiling: 210 MW
    “The 68 3.0-MWe generators will have a combined capacity of 204 MWe”
    State agency · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Announced: March 6, 2018
    “On March 6, 2018, Ecology received a Notice of Construction application from Microsoft Corporation, requesting an expansion of the MWH Data Center - MWH 03/04/05/06.”
    State agency · March 2018 · grade A
  • The MWH03-06 expansion equipment is 68 x 3.0 MWe plus 4 x 1.0/1.5 MWe EMERGENCY backup generator engines and 136 evaporative fluid coolers per the Ecology order; backup engines are never converted to MW rows and the 210
    “The expansion would include sixty-eight 3.0 MWe emergency backup generator engines, four 1.0 MWe or 1.5 MWe emergency backup generator engines and 136 evaporative fluid coolers.”
    State agency · March 2018 · grade A
  • Microsoft's Malaga project near Quincy (102.5 acres, three 250,000 sq ft buildings) is a separate campus from the Columbia / MWH site
    “The 102.5-acre campus, also known as the Malaga project, will house three 250K SF server farms on land that Microsoft paid $9.2M for in April.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Grant County PUD's Quincy Transmission Expansion is a district-wide capital program (10 sub-projects; $97.3M in the 2026 budget). Per the PUD's own project page it raises the Quincy-area load limit from approximately 300
    “a collection of 10 sub-projects with a price tag of $97.3 million that is expected to add 650 megawatts of power capacity”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • DCD reported the Ecology-approved MWH03-06 expansion as 72 gensets providing 'a total of 210MW of backup power', matching the 210 MWe permitted nameplate stated in the NOC application (press corroboration only; the agenc
    “install millions of dollars' worth of power equipment to provide a total of 210MW of backup power”
    News report · Aug. 2018 · grade C
Permits and government (3)
  • Facility-wide order for the MWH Data Center, 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quinc: approval order issued - renewable diesel authorized for the facility's emergency engines
    “The Department of Ecology’s Air Quality Program (Ecology) has approved the use of renewable diesel fuel for emergency engines at Microsoft Corporation MWH Data Center”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Approval Order 22AQ-E035 (Sep 27, 2022) approved renewable diesel as a fueling option for the facility's emergency engines
    “The Department of Ecology's Air Quality Program (Ecology) has approved the use of renewable diesel fuel for emergency engines at Microsoft Corporation MWH Data Center”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Approves the MWH expansion at 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quincy: sixty-eight : Notice of Construction approval order issued - MWH Data Center expansion (Phases 03/04/05/06)
    “Sixty-eight (68) Cummins Model C3000 D6e or CAT Model C175 generators. The 68 3.0-MWe generators will have a combined capacity of 204 MWe.”
    State agency · Oct. 2018 · grade A