How many jobs does Microsoft have open in Arizona right now?

Arizona AI is currently tracking 36 open Microsoft roles in Arizona, across Phoenix. The count updates automatically as Microsoft adds and removes postings, and duplicate listings for the same role are merged.

What kinds of roles does Microsoft hire for in Arizona?

The largest categories among current listings at Microsoft in Arizona are business & corporate (6), manufacturing & equipment technicians (6), supply chain & procurement (5), software, data & ai (2). Categories are derived from job titles by Arizona AI.

Where in Arizona are Microsoft jobs located?

Microsoft lists Arizona roles under Phoenix. Locations are shown exactly as Microsoft publishes them; the company's main Arizona site is Goodyear and El Mirage, AZ. Employers sometimes label roles with the metropolitan area rather than the specific campus city.

How do I apply for a job at Microsoft in Arizona?

Each listing on this page links through to Microsoft's own application page. Arizona AI does not collect applications or charge job seekers, and roles are aggregated from the employer's official careers system rather than from third-party recruiters.

Where are Microsoft's data centers in Arizona?

Microsoft says it operates and is building data centers in Goodyear and El Mirage; it does not name campuses or buildings. Connect CRE, citing the Phoenix Business Journal, describes two Goodyear sites and one in El Mirage, and the building names come from listing sites. In Goodyear, the Airpark site covers 279 acres between Broadway Road and MC-85 south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport (PHX-10 to PHX-16 on listing sites; PHX-15 and PHX-16 appear only on the listing site Cleanview and in a 2024 Goodyear reference to a "PHX 15 Utility Relocation Design"), and the Citrus Road site is at the southeast corner of Indian School Road and Citrus Road (PHX-70 to PHX-74). The El Mirage campus is at 12901 W Olive Avenue, at Olive Avenue and Dysart Road (PHX-80 to PHX-83). Microsoft also owns about 283 acres at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road in El Mirage, bought in 2024, with nothing built there yet as far as Arizona AI found.

How many Microsoft data centers are there in Arizona?

Microsoft does not publish a count. Arizona AI tracks 16 Microsoft buildings in Arizona. Listing sites show 11 as operating (PHX-10 to PHX-14, PHX-70 to PHX-72, PHX-80 to PHX-82) and 5 as planned (PHX-15, PHX-16, PHX-73, PHX-74, PHX-83), but only PHX-80 is confirmed operating by a city filing (El Mirage, October 2024). The five operating Goodyear Airpark buildings (PHX-10 to PHX-14) rest only on the listing site Cleanview and conflict with 2023 and 2024 press reports of two to three buildings there, and listing sites disagree on PHX-72 and PHX-82. PHX-83 went to the El Mirage City Council on December 3, 2024 after a 4-0 Planning Commission recommendation; Arizona AI has not confirmed the council outcome. Treat the count as approximate.

What is Azure West US 3?

West US 3 is the Microsoft Azure cloud region served from the Goodyear and El Mirage data centers. Microsoft launched it on June 15, 2021 with Availability Zones, which are separate physical sites with independent power, network and cooling. Microsoft named Banner Health, the State of Arizona and Teradata as early customers.

How much power do Microsoft's Arizona data centers use?

Microsoft has not published a megawatt figure for any Arizona building or campus. The listing site Cleanview estimates 57 MW for every one of the 16 buildings, which is an estimate rather than a measurement, so Arizona AI does not add it up. Microsoft reported a power usage effectiveness of 1.223 for West US 3 in calendar 2022.

How much water do Microsoft's Arizona data centers use?

Microsoft publishes a water usage effectiveness of 2.24 liters per kilowatt-hour for West US 3 in 2022, but no gallons total. Its 2019 Goodyear agreement allowed up to 1 million gallons a day per building and 5 million a day at full build-out. The Atlantic reported in March 2024 that Microsoft's own estimate for the three-building Goodyear Airpark campus was about 56 million gallons a year, and that Microsoft had redacted exact figures in city records as proprietary. Microsoft says existing buildings use direct evaporative cooling with water needed less than 40 percent of the year, and that future buildings will be air-cooled.

What was the Goodyear wastewater dispute about?

Goodyear did not have enough sewer line or treatment capacity for the Airpark campus, and Microsoft dropped a plan to reuse its treated discharge. Under an amended development agreement approved unanimously on March 6, 2023, Microsoft agreed to pay $36 million toward the roughly $90 million expansion of the 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, deposit $5 million in assurance for a new sewer line, pay $800,000 for a city coordinator, and make buildings four and five air-cooled. In return it gets 1.2 million gallons a day of plant capacity at full build-out.

How is Microsoft replenishing water in Arizona?

Microsoft says it and Gila River Water Storage are recharging groundwater with long-term storage credits dedicated to Goodyear and El Mirage, an estimated additional 610,000 cubic meters. It also funds Lake Mead conservation with the State of Arizona and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Verde River projects with The Nature Conservancy, and leak-detection work with Phoenix-area utilities. In January 2026 it pledged, for the U.S. communities where it builds datacenters, to replenish more of the water it uses and to publish water-use data for each datacenter region; Arizona AI has not yet found that data for West US 3.

How many people does Microsoft employ in Arizona?

Microsoft says its Arizona data centers employed about 430 people as of 2025, up from a 2019 projection of more than 100 permanent jobs. It expects about 2,050 construction jobs at peak for the new buildings. Microsoft does not publish a total Arizona headcount including its other offices; company-wide it had about 228,000 employees in June 2025.

How much has Microsoft invested in Arizona?

Microsoft said in 2019 it was investing "hundreds of millions of dollars" and has not updated that total. Connect CRE reported in June 2026 that Microsoft has spent roughly $473 million on about 800 acres of West Valley data center land; Arizona AI's sum of the individual reported purchases is $494 million for about 960 acres: $48 million (2018) and $37 million (2019) in Goodyear, $20 million (2019) and $258 million (2024) in El Mirage, and $131 million (2026) in Goodyear. A Microsoft attorney told Goodyear in 2023 that each building represents more than $300 million.

Does Microsoft hire in Arizona?

Yes. Arizona AI tracks Microsoft job postings in Arizona on this page. Microsoft says each data center building supports about 50 employees in shifts, and it runs the West Valley Datacenter Academy with Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges, which had 364 students in 2024-2025 and offers CompTIA certifications.

Microsoft in Arizona

Microsoft runs its Azure West US 3 cloud region from owner-built data centers in Goodyear and El Mirage, with 16 buildings tracked by Arizona AI.

Goodyear and El Mirage, AZ1975About 430 at its Arizona data centers (2025, Microsoft figure); about 228,000 worldwide (June 2025, company-wide)36 open rolesMicrosoft in Arizona

Arizona AI is tracking 36 open positions at Microsoft in Arizona across Phoenix, alongside 15 recent news items.

Microsoft in Arizona: Key Developments

A dated record of milestones and coverage, oldest items retained for reference.

Aug 14, 2026
Microsoft: Responsibly building the AI future
Microsoft Today, Microsoft published its 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report. This report covers our fiscal year 2025, and measures progress against our 2020 baseline. You can read the foreword below and explore the report in its entirety here. As we enter a new era for AI, Microsoft’s environmental sustainability work is entering a new phase—defined not only […] The post Microsoft: Responsibly building the AI future appeared first on Arizona Technology Council.
Jun 11, 2026
Microsoft purchases 100 acres next to existing data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona
Microsoft paid $131 million to First Industrial Realty Trust for 100 acres near Citrus and Indian School roads, next to its 150-acre Goodyear campus under development, bringing its Arizona holdings to more than 550 acres by Data Center Dynamics' count.
Jan 13, 2026
Community-First AI Infrastructure
Microsoft made commitments for the communities where it builds and operates datacenters, starting in the United States: keep its datacenters from raising local electricity prices, replenish more of the water it uses, publish water-use data for each datacenter region, and pay its full and fair share of local property taxes. The post does not mention Arizona; it names Phoenix as a water-stressed area and the greater Phoenix area for leak-detection partnerships.
Oct 30, 2025
Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Received Microsoft Donation to Support Local Students
Microsoft gave $300,000 to the Maricopa Promise Program for low- to moderate-income students in El Mirage and Goodyear, funding $600 scholarships per semester for four semesters.
Nov 25, 2024
Microsoft files to expand El Mirage data center campus in Arizona
Microsoft sought approval for PHX-83, a 245,500-square-foot fifth building at 12901 W Olive Avenue. The filing said PHX-80 was operating and PHX-81 and PHX-82 were under construction, powered from an APS substation on site.
Jun 5, 2024
Microsoft acquires nearly 300 acres for data center growth in El Mirage
Microsoft paid $258 million in cash for about 283 acres at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road from Dermody Properties, next to its existing 150-acre El Mirage campus.
Mar 2, 2024
Microsoft Is Draining Arizona's Water for its AI
Summarizing The Atlantic, the report said Microsoft's own estimate put the three-building Goodyear campus at about 56 million gallons a year and that Microsoft had redacted exact water figures in city records as proprietary.
Mar 16, 2023
Microsoft to swap water for air cooling at campus in Phoenix, Arizona
City documents showed the Goodyear campus was capped at 500,000 gallons of industrial discharge a day, that Microsoft had abandoned its water-reuse plan, and that dissolved solids were near the agreed limit.
Mar 14, 2023
Microsoft agrees to make data centers air-cooled amid water infrastructure challenges in Goodyear
Goodyear council unanimously approved an amended agreement under which Microsoft pays $36 million toward a $90 million wastewater plant expansion, posts $5 million in assurance, and air-cools its fourth and fifth buildings.
Apr 14, 2022
Microsoft Datacenter Academy Opens at EMCC
The West Valley Microsoft Datacenter Academy opened at Estrella Mountain Community College in partnership with Glendale Community College, with servers and networking gear donated from Microsoft data centers and CompTIA certification tracks.
Jun 15, 2021
Expanding cloud services: Microsoft launches its sustainable datacenter region in Arizona
Azure West US 3 went live from Goodyear and El Mirage with Banner Health, the State of Arizona and Teradata as early customers. Microsoft said it had invested $1.1 million in more than 70 local community initiatives.
Sep 21, 2020
Microsoft's newest sustainable datacenter region coming to Arizona in 2021
Microsoft named the Arizona region West US 3, said it would open in 2021 with Availability Zones, and described groundwater storage credits dedicated to Goodyear and El Mirage as part of a new water-positive pledge.
Jul 30, 2019
Building world-class sustainable datacenters and investing in solar power in Arizona
Microsoft formally announced data center campuses in El Mirage and Goodyear, a solar deal with First Solar's 150 MW Sun Streams 2 plant, more than 100 permanent and 1,000 construction jobs, and a $20 million annual economic impact.
May 2, 2019
Microsoft reveals Goodyear plans, purchases more land
Site plans showed PHX-10 at 244,666 square feet and PHX-11 at 242,678 square feet on the Broadway Road site. Microsoft also paid DRI FR Goodyear LLC $37 million for 147 acres at Citrus and Indian School roads.
May 2, 2019
Microsoft buys land in Arizona for $20m
Microsoft bought 151 acres in El Mirage for $20 million, its third Arizona site in three weeks, bringing reported land spending to $105 million.

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How does Microsoft fit into AI?

Modern AI runs on physical silicon, and that silicon passes through several hands before it ever answers a question. Here is the path, and where Microsoft sits on it.

AI in use · here today

Operates Azure West US 3 data centers in Goodyear and El Mirage

The end of the chain: models answering questions, generating images and driving software, running on the silicon every earlier step produced. Every AI service anyone uses is running on physical hardware somewhere, and that hardware started as a wafer.

16 buildings tracked; 11 listed as operating (listing sites)company-reported

Arizona AI tracks 16 Microsoft buildings (an Arizona AI tally from listing sites and city filings) across two Goodyear sites and one El Mirage campus; listing sites show 11 as operating, but only PHX-80 is confirmed operating by a city filing. Microsoft also owns land at Northern Parkway in El Mirage and beside the Citrus Road site in Goodyear.

Cleanview · Microsoft names only the cities. Building counts are Arizona AI records resting on listing sites (Cleanview) and El Mirage city filings; campus split per Connect CRE, citing the Phoenix Business Journal ("Two are in Goodyear"). Land: $258M for 283 acres (2024), $131M for 100 acres (2026). · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Cloud region with Availability Zones since June 2021company-reported

Microsoft says West US 3 is designed with Availability Zones that have independent power, network and cooling; it named Banner Health, the State of Arizona and Teradata as early customers that plan to use the region.

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2021 · Microsoft: "includes Azure Availability Zones ... designing the region with unique physical datacenter locations with independent power, network, and cooling" and "Banner Health, State of Arizona, and Teradata are some of the early customers with plans to use the West US 3 region". · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

AI role unconfirmed; OpenAI link is a press reportcompany-reported

Reported by The Atlantic (anonymous source, unconfirmed): a source said the Goodyear campus was designed for Microsoft and OpenAI. Microsoft has not said which Arizona buildings run AI training or inference.

Futurism, 2024 · Futurism summarizing The Atlantic: "A source familiar with Microsoft's Goodyear facility told the Atlantic that it was specifically designed" for use by Microsoft and OpenAI; both companies declined to comment. No Microsoft statement found. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Solar contract and efficiency, by Microsoft's accountcompany-reported

Microsoft plans to cover the region's energy use through a power purchase agreement with the 150 MW Sun Streams 2 solar plant (20-year term per IPP Journal) and reported a 2022 PUE of 1.223 and WUE of 2.24 L/kWh; renewable coverage was 47% through June 2022.

Microsoft, 2023 · Fact sheet (April 2023): "1.223 Power usage effectiveness (PUE)" and "2.24 L/kWh Water usage effectiveness (WUE)" for 2022, and "47% Renewable energy coverage ... Approximate energy procured through June 2022". Microsoft 2021 blog: "150-megawatt Sun Streams 2 photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant". Microsoft 2025 fact sheet: "we will fulfill that commitment through a power purchase agreement with Sun Streams 2." IPP Journal, 2019: "20-year PPA". · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Wastewater capacity shaped the Goodyear build

Goodyear's limited sewer and wastewater treatment capacity led Microsoft to fund a $36 million expansion of the wastewater plant and air-cool its fourth and fifth Airpark buildings (March 2023).

Phoenix Business Journal via Arizona Technology Council, 2023 · Phoenix Business Journal: "the city doesn't have enough sewer line or wastewater plant capacity to take on more of its wastewater", "the company will pay $36 million for the estimated $90 million expansion of the city's 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant" and "Microsoft's fourth and fifth buildings are required to use air cooling".

About 430 jobs and a community college pipelinecompany-reported

Microsoft says its Arizona data centers employ about 430 people and that the West Valley Datacenter Academy at Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges had 364 students in 2024-2025.

Microsoft, 2025 · Fact sheet: "these facilities currently employ approximately 430 people" and "In 2024-2025, the program had 364 students." · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Copper stages are where Microsoft operates. The others are shown so the chain makes sense and are not claims about Microsoft. Every highlight links to the statement it came from.

About Microsoft

What Microsoft does

Microsoft runs its Azure cloud region for the western United States, West US 3, from company-owned data centers in Goodyear and El Mirage in the West Valley of metropolitan Phoenix.

For scale, Microsoft reported 228,000 employees company-wide and $64.6 billion in additions to property and equipment in fiscal 2025, with no Arizona breakout (Form 10-K).

In Arizona

The region went live on June 15, 2021, and Microsoft says the Arizona facilities now employ about 430 people and are still expanding (Microsoft, 2025). Arizona AI tracks 18 Microsoft data center records in Arizona, two campus overviews and 16 buildings, including the Goodyear Airpark campus, the El Mirage campus, PHX-10 and the planned PHX-83.

Microsoft publishes no building count, megawatt figures or per-building opening dates, so building-level detail here comes from city filings and listing sites.

The land came first.

Microsoft paid $48 million in August 2018 for 279 acres between Broadway Road and MC-85 south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport (West Valley View), and in February 2019 Goodyear's council voted unanimously to let it start PHX-10 and PHX-11 before a site plan was approved, under a self-certification process in which Microsoft waived claims against the city (KTAR; development agreement).
In April 2019 it paid $37 million for 147 acres at Citrus and Indian School roads, the PHX-70 campus, and in May 2019 $20 million for 151 acres at Olive Avenue and Dysart Road in El Mirage (West Valley View; Data Center Dynamics).
Microsoft announced data center campuses in El Mirage and Goodyear on July 30, 2019, along with solar power from the 150 MW Sun Streams 2 plant (Microsoft), under what IPP Journal reported as a 20-year agreement (IPP Journal).
It has kept buying: $258 million for about 283 acres at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road in May 2024, and $131 million for 100 acres beside the Citrus Road campus in June 2026.

Connect CRE, in a story citing the Phoenix Business Journal, put Microsoft's West Valley data center land spending at roughly $473 million for about 800 acres; Data Center Dynamics counts more than 550 acres (ABC15; Data Center Dynamics; Connect CRE).

El Mirage campus: El Mirage is the best documented campus. Each building holds five data halls plus an administrative area, fed from an on-site Arizona Public Service substation, with water and sewer from EPCOR.

An October 2024 filing on the 150.52-acre site said PHX80 was operating and PHX81 and PHX82 were under construction; it lists 769,622 square feet for those three buildings and 245,539 square feet for the proposed PHX83, which is planned with 21 diesel emergency generators. The filing's stated campus total of 1,105,161 square feet does not match the sum of those figures, 1,015,161 (El Mirage).

The Planning Commission recommended PHX83 4-0 on November 12, 2024, and it went to the City Council on December 3, 2024; Arizona AI has not confirmed the council's decision (staff report). The site is inside Luke Air Force Base's Accident Potential Zone 2, and the base asked that cooling ponds not attract birds and that fuel storage stay outside the zone (Luke AFB letter).

Microsoft's own West US 3 disclosures are a 2022 power usage effectiveness of 1.223, a water usage effectiveness of 2.24 liters per kilowatt-hour, 47 percent renewable coverage through June 2022, and a LEED Gold certificate (Microsoft fact sheet).

Water and wastewater: Water and wastewater capacity became a public issue in Goodyear in 2023. The 2019 Goodyear agreement allowed up to 1 million gallons a day per building and 5 million at full build-out, and Microsoft said its buildings would use "zero water for cooling for more than half the year" (Microsoft, 2020).

By 2023 Goodyear could not accept more than 500,000 gallons a day of the campus's discharge, dissolved solids were near the agreed 1,400 mg/L limit, and Microsoft had abandoned a plan to reuse its treated discharge. The fix, approved unanimously on March 6, 2023, has Microsoft paying $36 million toward a $90 million expansion of the 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, posting $5 million in assurance, paying $800,000 for a city coordinator, and air-cooling its fourth and fifth buildings in exchange for 1.2 million gallons a day of capacity (Phoenix Business Journal; Data Center Dynamics).

A 2024 amendment added $3.5 million for replacement water facilities (Goodyear). The Atlantic reported in March 2024 that Microsoft's own estimate for the three-building Airpark campus was about 56 million gallons a year and that it had redacted exact figures in city records as proprietary (Futurism summary).

Microsoft says it and Gila River Water Storage are recharging groundwater with long-term storage credits dedicated to Goodyear and El Mirage, an estimated additional 610,000 cubic meters, and that it funds Lake Mead and Verde River projects (Microsoft, 2020; Microsoft, 2021). In January 2026 it pledged, for the U.S. communities where it builds datacenters rather than for Arizona specifically, to replenish more of the water it uses and to publish water-use data for each datacenter region (Microsoft, 2026).

As of October 2026 Arizona AI has not found that data for West US 3.

Jobs and investment: The jobs and money figures are mostly Microsoft's own. The 2019 announcement projected more than 100 permanent and 1,000 construction jobs; the 2025 fact sheet reports about 430 employees and expects about 2,050 construction jobs at peak.

A Microsoft attorney told Goodyear's council in 2023 that each building represents more than $300 million (Rose Law Group). Microsoft says it has supported more than 100 community-based projects in Phoenix since 2019, runs the Datacenter Academy with Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges (364 students in 2024-2025), and gave $300,000 to the Maricopa Promise Program for El Mirage and Goodyear students in October 2025 (EMCC).

Current openings are in the jobs section of this page.

Role in AI and technology

AI workloads: The AI question is open. Microsoft's 10-K says it is investing in cloud and AI infrastructure, and The Atlantic's anonymous source said the Goodyear campus was designed for Microsoft and OpenAI, but Microsoft has not said which Arizona buildings run AI workloads, and Arizona AI treats the OpenAI link as reported, not confirmed.

Risks and open questions

The listing site Cleanview assigns 57 MW to every building, which Arizona AI treats as an estimate and does not sum. Cleanview also lists all five Goodyear Airpark buildings (PHX-10 to PHX-14) as operating, which conflicts with 2023 and 2024 reports of two to three buildings there, so Arizona AI treats listing-site statuses as unconfirmed.

Arizona AI found no public record of Microsoft certification under Arizona's Computer Data Center Program tax exemption; the Arizona Commerce Authority does not publish a list of certified facilities, so Arizona AI could not determine whether Microsoft holds certification. The Goodyear agreements reviewed are infrastructure and permitting agreements (Arizona Commerce Authority).

Other open items: listing sites disagree on whether PHX-72 and PHX-82 are running; Cleanview names PHX-15 and PHX-16, which appear in no city filing Arizona AI found beyond a 2024 Goodyear reference to a "PHX 15 Utility Relocation Design"; and nothing has been filed yet for the 283 acres at Northern Parkway or the 100 acres bought in 2026. Arizona AI found no lawsuit or zoning denial involving Microsoft's Arizona sites.

The votes Arizona AI found were unanimous Goodyear council votes in February 2019 and March 2023 and a 4-0 El Mirage Planning Commission recommendation in November 2024; Arizona AI did not find vote counts for the April 2024 and December 2024 El Mirage council items.

Profile written by Arizona AI from public sources, last reviewed Oct 17, 2026. Sources: abc15.com · azcommerce.com · azure.microsoft.com · azure.microsoft.com · blogs.microsoft.com · blogs.microsoft.com · cleanview.co · datacenters.microsoft.com · estrellamountain.edu · futurism.com · goodyearaz.gov · ippjournal.com · ktar.com · legistar.granicus.com · local.microsoft.com · public.destinyhosted.com · public.destinyhosted.com · public.destinyhosted.com · aztechcouncil.org · connectcre.com · datacenterdynamics.com · datacenterdynamics.com · datacenterdynamics.com · roselawgroup.com · sec.gov · westvalleyview.com

Microsoft in Arizona: By the Numbers

Each figure below is dated and linked to its source. Where a number is the company’s own claim, an announcement, or a forward projection rather than a measured result, it is labeled as such.

18 records: 2 campuses, 16 buildings

Arizona data center records tracked by Arizona AI

Microsoft, 2025

11 of 16 buildings (listing-site status, unverified)

Buildings listed as operating (listing sites)company-reported

Cleanview

Not published by Microsoft; listing-site estimate of 57 MW per building

Arizona capacity (listing-site estimate only)company-reported

Cleanview

About $473 million for about 800 acres (reported by Connect CRE, June 2026, citing the Phoenix Business Journal)

Spent on West Valley data center land since 2018

Connect CRE, 2026

June 2021: West US 3 launched in El Mirage and Goodyear

West US 3 region launched from Arizona

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2021

About 430 (2025)

People employed at Arizona data centers (Microsoft figure)company-reported

Microsoft, 2025

2018Bought 279 acres in Goodyear
2019Goodyear approved accelerated build agreement
2019Announced three Arizona campuses
2020West US 3 named and water pledge made
2021Goodyear Airpark (PHX-10 to 16): first building online
2021Goodyear Citrus Rd (PHX-70 to 74): first building online
2021El Mirage (PHX-80 to 83): first building online
2021West US 3 launched
2021West US 3 region launched from Arizona
2023Goodyear wastewater deal and air cooling
2024Bought 283 more acres in El Mirage
2026Bought 100 more acres in Goodyear

Hollow markers are projected dates.

Arizona sites, one by one

Goodyear Airpark (PHX-10 to 16)

Location279 acres between the north side of Broadway Road and the south side of MC-85, from east of Bullard Avenue to west of Litchfield Road, south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport (ZIP 85338)

City of Goodyear (Legistar), 2019 · 2019 development agreement: "Microsoft owns approximately 279 acres of real property within the City of Goodyear generally located between the north side of Broadway Road and the south side of MC-85 and extending from east of Bullard Avenue to west of Litchfield Road, which it intends to development under the name PHX 10-11." Baxtel lists the buildings at Goodyear, AZ 85338. Microsoft publishes no street address.

Status (listing sites)company-reportedOperating and expanding, per Microsoft. Listing sites show PHX-10 to PHX-14 operating and PHX-15 and PHX-16 planned, and Arizona AI records follow them (listing-site data, unverified). PHX-13 and PHX-14 operating status unconfirmed; 2023-24 reports describe three buildings or fewer.

Cleanview · Microsoft names only the cities: "We currently operate datacenters and are building new facilities in El Mirage and Goodyear." Per-building statuses come from listing sites because Microsoft publishes none: Cleanview map "Microsoft PHX-10 | status Operating" (PHX-10 to PHX-14 Operating, PHX-15 and PHX-16 Planned); Baxtel PHX10 "Operational". Earlier reports describe fewer buildings: Phoenix Business Journal, March 2023: "Microsoft has developed a 290,000-square-foot building, has almost completed a 250,000-square-foot facility and wants to build another 250,000-square-foot building"; Futurism, summarizing The Atlantic, March 2024: the campus "currently houses two buildings and is on track to host a third". PHX-15 and PHX-16 appear only on Cleanview ("Microsoft PHX-15 is a planned data center located in Maricopa County, Arizona") and in a 2024 Goodyear document that mentions a "PHX 15 Utility Relocation Design". · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Power capacity (listing-site estimate)company-reported57 MW per building, listing-site estimate (Microsoft publishes none)

Cleanview · Listing-site estimate, not a Microsoft figure. Cleanview lists each of PHX-10 through PHX-16 at "capacityMw 57". Microsoft has published no capacity for this campus. The identical figure for every building marks it as an estimate. Arizona AI records carry 57 MW per building with capacity_source listing. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Land and buildings279 acres (2018 purchase); up to five buildings planned. Site plan: PHX-10 244,666 sq ft and PHX-11 242,678 sq ft; Phoenix Business Journal (2023) reports a 290,000 sq ft building, a nearly complete 250,000 sq ft building and a planned 250,000 sq ft building

City of Goodyear (Legistar), 2019 · Development agreement: "approximately 279 acres" and "Full Build-Out means the development of no more than five (5) buildings". The agreement gives no square footage. West Valley View, May 2019: "PHX-10 will be 244,666 square feet with 3,165 square feet of office space, while PHX-11 will be 242,678 square feet with 1,939 square feet of office space." Phoenix Business Journal, March 2023: "Microsoft has developed a 290,000-square-foot building, has almost completed a 250,000-square-foot facility and wants to build another 250,000-square-foot building in the near future." The 290,000 figure is larger than the 2019 site plan for PHX-10; Arizona AI shows both and keeps the record's 244,666 sq ft for PHX-10.

First building onlineJune 2021 (region launch); land bought 2018 (August per West Valley View, September per KTAR)

KTAR News, 2021 · KTAR, June 15, 2021: "its new data centers in El Mirage and Goodyear are up and running." Which Goodyear building went live in 2021 is not stated by Microsoft; Cleanview says PHX-10 "became operational in 2020" and Baxtel says "Year Built: 2022", so Arizona AI uses the region launch date. Land: West Valley View, May 2019: "Microsoft paid Carefree Partners Investments $48 million last August for those 279 acres"; KTAR, 2021: "Microsoft started acquiring land in the West Valley in September 2018, when it closed on a 279-acre parcel in Goodyear." The two reports differ by a month.

What happens herecompany-reportedOwner-occupied Microsoft Azure data centers forming part of the West US 3 cloud region with Availability Zones

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2021 · Microsoft: "The new West US 3 datacenter region includes Azure Availability Zones, which offer customers additional resiliency options for their applications by designing the region with unique physical datacenter locations with independent power, network, and cooling." Microsoft does not say which campus hosts which zone. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Utility and wastewaterCity of Goodyear water and sewer; interim limit of 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day to the 157th Avenue plant, rising to 1.2 million gallons per day after the Microsoft-funded expansion

Phoenix Business Journal via Arizona Technology Council, 2023 · Phoenix Business Journal: "As a temporary solution, the city has allowed Microsoft to send up to 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day through its existing sewer line to Goodyear's 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant." and "allow the company to use 1.2 million gallons of capacity per day at the plant at full build-out, city documents said." Microsoft's 2025 fact sheet: "In Arizona, Microsoft purchases water from EPCOR and the City of Goodyear."

Cooling and waterFirst three buildings use direct evaporative (water) cooling with water looped twice; buildings four and five must be air-cooled under the March 2023 amended development agreement

Phoenix Business Journal via Arizona Technology Council, 2023 · Phoenix Business Journal, March 2023: "Now, Microsoft's fourth and fifth buildings are required to use air cooling, while its first three buildings can continue to use water cooling by recirculating, or looping its water two times." Deputy city attorney Sarah Chilton at the March 6, 2023 council meeting: "Only the first three buildings on that site will be water-cooled, they're going to convert to air-cooled buildings after this third building."

Goodyear Citrus Rd (PHX-70 to 74)

LocationSoutheast corner of Indian School Road and Citrus Road, Goodyear (ZIP 85395); about 147 to 150 acres bought in April 2019, plus 100 adjoining acres bought in June 2026

City of Goodyear (Legistar), 2020 · Goodyear council item 2020-6949: "PHX70-PV303 Project located at the southeast corner of Indian School and Citrus Roads." West Valley View, May 2019: "Microsoft paid DRI FR Goodyear LLC $37 million for 147 acres of land at Citrus and Indian School roads". Data Center Dynamics, June 2026: "The company has bought an additional 100 acres of land next to its existing 150-acre data center campus that is currently under development in Goodyear". Baxtel lists ZIP 85395.

Status (listing sites)company-reportedUnder development. Listing sites disagree: Cleanview shows PHX-70 to PHX-72 operating and PHX-73 and PHX-74 planned; Baxtel shows PHX-72 and PHX-73 under construction. Arizona AI records follow Cleanview (listing-site data, unverified).

Baxtel · Microsoft publishes no per-building status. Cleanview: "Microsoft PHX-70 ... It became operational in 2021", "Microsoft PHX-71 ... became operational in 2024", "Microsoft PHX-72 ... became operational in 2026". Baxtel, read October 2026, lists PHX72 as "Under Construction New facility under construction" and PHX74 as "Planned Future facility in planning stage"; Baxtel PHX73 (https://baxtel.com/data-center/microsoft-phx73): "Under Construction New facility under construction" and "Year Planned: 2027". Data Center Dynamics, June 2026, calls the campus "currently under development". Arizona AI records keep PHX-72 as operating and Arizona AI flags the disagreement. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Power capacity (listing-site estimate)company-reported57 MW per building, listing-site estimate (Microsoft publishes none)

Cleanview · Listing-site estimate, not a Microsoft figure. Cleanview lists PHX-70 through PHX-74 at "capacityMw 57" each. Microsoft has published no capacity figure for this campus. Baxtel names "Utility Provider: Arizona Public Service" for PHX72 but gives no MW. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Land and buildingsAbout 250 acres after the June 2026 purchase; six buildings existing, under construction or proposed (CoStar)

Data Center Dynamics, 2026 · Data Center Dynamics, citing CoStar: "an additional 100 acres of land next to its existing 150-acre data center campus" and the campus "currently has six data center buildings either existing, under construction, or proposed". Connect CRE: "The overall site, now spanning nearly 250 acres". Arizona AI records cover five buildings here (PHX-70 to PHX-74); the sixth in the CoStar count is not named in any source Arizona AI found.

First building onlinecompany-reportedDevelopment agreement approved May 6, 2019; Cleanview says operational 2021, Baxtel says built 2023 (listing sites disagree)

Cleanview · Listing-site year, not a Microsoft figure. Cleanview PHX-70 page: "Microsoft PHX-70 is a data center located in Maricopa County, Arizona. It became operational in 2021." Baxtel: "Year Built: 2023". Goodyear City Council adopted Resolution 2019-1964, the "Development Agreement related to the accelerated construction schedule for PHX 70", on May 6, 2019 (Legistar matter 2019-6653, status Passed). Microsoft has not announced an opening date for this campus. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

What happens herecompany-reportedOwner-occupied Microsoft Azure data centers on the Citrus Road site in Goodyear. Microsoft says it operates and is building in Goodyear and El Mirage but does not name campuses; the split into two Goodyear sites is from Connect CRE, citing the Phoenix Business Journal.

Microsoft, 2025 · Microsoft: "We currently operate datacenters and are building new facilities in El Mirage and Goodyear, part of the greater Phoenix area." Connect CRE, June 2026: "Two are in Goodyear". Microsoft does not publish which workloads run on which campus. Cleanview and Baxtel list the buildings as Microsoft Azure sites. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Utility and approvalsGoodyear council passed a development agreement for the accelerated PHX 70 schedule on May 6, 2019 and a 2020 agreement allowing a delay in offsite roadway work on April 13, 2020; a May 2020 council agenda item proposed accepting three utility easements (outcome not confirmed). The utility is not named in city documents Arizona AI found; the listing site Baxtel names Arizona Public Service.

City of Goodyear (Legistar), 2020 · Goodyear Legistar matter 2020-6908 (status Passed, April 13, 2020): "APPROVE THE 2020 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PHX 70 ALLOWING FOR A DELAY IN THE COMPLETION OF THE OFFSITE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PHX 70 SITE". Matter 2019-6653 passed May 6, 2019. Matter 2020-6949 (status "Agenda Ready", May 2020) to accept "three Public Utility, Sidewalk and Access Easements from Microsoft Corporation required for the development of the PHX70-PV303 Project"; Arizona AI found no record of the vote. Baxtel (listing site): "Utility Provider: Arizona Public Service".

Cooling and watercompany-reportedMicrosoft says existing Arizona facilities use direct evaporative cooling and future facilities will use air-cooled chillers; no campus-specific water figure is published

Microsoft, 2025 · Microsoft fact sheet: "Our existing facilities are cooled using direct evaporative cooling (DEC). DEC uses water for cooling less than 40% of the year. Future facilities will use air-cooled chillers." Arizona AI found no public document specific to this campus's water use. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

El Mirage (PHX-80 to 83)

Location12901 W Olive Avenue, El Mirage, AZ 85335; southeast corner of West Olive Avenue and North Dysart Road

City of El Mirage, 2024 · El Mirage staff report: "Project Address: 12901 W Olive Avenue, El Mirage AZ 85335". Project narrative: "within the 150.52-acre site owned by the Microsoft Corporation at the southeast corner of West Olive Avenue and North Dysart Road in the City of El Mirage, Arizona."

StatusOperating and expanding. City filing (October 2024): PHX80 operational, PHX81 and PHX82 permitted and under construction. PHX83 recommended for approval 4-0 by the Planning Commission on Nov 12, 2024 and sent to City Council on Dec 3, 2024 (council outcome not confirmed). Arizona AI records, based on listing sites: PHX-80, PHX-81, PHX-82 operating, PHX-83 planned.

City of El Mirage, 2024 · Stantec narrative for Microsoft, October 18, 2024: "is occupied by the first operational data center at the campus, PHX80. The second and third data centers on the campus (PHX81 and PHX82) are permitted and are under construction." Staff report: "The Commission recommends approving the zoning application at the November 12, 2024, public meeting with a 4-0 vote" and staff "is seeking a final action from the Council"; Arizona AI found no record of the December 3, 2024 outcome. Arizona AI records list PHX-81 and PHX-82 as operating on listing-site evidence (Baxtel PHX81 "Operational", Cleanview PHX-82 "Operating"); Baxtel still lists PHX82 as "Under Construction". Microsoft publishes no per-building status.

Power capacity (listing-site estimate)company-reported57 MW per building, listing-site estimate (Microsoft publishes none)

Cleanview · Listing-site estimate, not a Microsoft figure. Cleanview lists PHX-80 through PHX-83 at "capacityMw 57" each. No Microsoft or city document Arizona AI found states a megawatt figure; the city filings describe an on-site APS substation but not its size. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Land and buildings150.52 acres; four buildings. City filing lists 769,622 sq ft for PHX80-82 and 245,539 sq ft for PHX83 (its stated total of 1,105,161 does not equal their sum of 1,015,161)

City of El Mirage, 2024 · Project narrative property stats: "Property Area 150.52 Acres", "Existing Building Area (PHX80-81-82) 769,622 SqFt", "Proposed Building Area (PHX83) 245,539 SqFt", "TOTAL Building Area (PHX80-81-82-83) 1,105,161 SqFt". 769,622 plus 245,539 is 1,015,161, so the filing's total is internally inconsistent; the three existing buildings average about 256,500 sq ft. A separate 283 acres bought in 2024 at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road is not part of this campus.

First building online2021 (PHX80, per Data Center Dynamics and a listing site); land bought 2019

Data Center Dynamics, 2024 · Data Center Dynamics, November 25, 2024 (re-read October 17, 2026): "The first building at the site launched in 2021." and "Under the original authorized site plan, PHX-80 is completed and operational". Cleanview PHX-80 page: "It became operational in 2021." Land: Data Center Dynamics, May 2019: "Microsoft has bought 151 acres of land in El Mirage" for "$20m". KTAR, June 15, 2021: "its new data centers in El Mirage and Goodyear are up and running."

What happens hereannouncedOwner-occupied Microsoft Azure data centers. Each building holds five data halls plus an administrative area (city filing). PHX83 is planned with 21 diesel emergency generators (20 data hall, 1 admin); the filing does not state generator counts for the other buildings.

City of El Mirage, 2024 · Project narrative: "Similar to PHX80, PHX81 and PHX82, the PHX83 data center building will support the storage and operation of computer servers within five data halls." and "(21) diesel-fueled emergency generators will be installed as part of the PHX83 data center building. (20) ... data halls, (1) ... administration area." Basis is announced because the generator count describes a planned building. · From a public announcement. Plans can change.

Utility and approvalsArizona Public Service on-site substation; zoning case PZ19-04-05 approved May 2019; PHX82 amendment approved by El Mirage City Council in April 2024 (meeting scheduled April 16); PHX83 amendment recommended 4-0 by the Planning Commission on November 12, 2024 and sent to council December 3, 2024 (council outcome not confirmed)

City of El Mirage, 2024 · PHX83 staff report: "The Commission recommends approving the zoning application at the November 12, 2024, public meeting with a 4-0 vote." PHX82 staff report: "permitted under the approval of zoning application case PZ19-04-05 approved in May 2019", "connected to the existing onsite substation operated by Arizona Public Service (APS)" and the item "will be presented to the City Council ... at the April 16, 2024, public meeting". Phoenix Business Journal via ABC15, June 2024: "El Mirage City Council approved a site plan amendment for a third 245,000-square-foot data center building ... in April." The site is inside the Luke Air Force Base noise contour and is reviewed by the base under A.R.S. 28-8481.

Cooling and waterWater and sewer from EPCOR; a clear water discharge line to the City of El Mirage outfall; Microsoft says existing buildings use direct evaporative cooling

City of El Mirage, 2024 · Project narrative: "The proposed PHX83 building will be serviced by EPCOR for water and sewer service and a separate clear water discharge line extension will be installed to connect to the City of El Mirage outfall." Microsoft 2025 fact sheet: "In Arizona, Microsoft purchases water from EPCOR and the City of Goodyear." No gallons figure for this campus is published.

Microsoft Financial Highlights

Facilities

West US 3 launched

June 2021: Azure West US 3 opened with Availability Zones

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2021 · Microsoft: "Today we are launching our newest sustainable datacenter region in Arizona, known as West US 3." and "Starting today, customers can choose to build and run their Microsoft Azure applications from West US 3."

Investment

Bought 279 acres in Goodyear

August 2018: paid $48 million for 279 acres south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport

West Valley View, 2019 · West Valley View: "Microsoft paid Carefree Partners Investments $48 million last August for those 279 acres". KTAR: "closed on a 279-acre parcel in Goodyear" in September 2018 (the two reports differ by a month on the closing).

Bought 283 more acres in El Mirage

May 2024: paid $258 million cash for about 283 acres at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road

Phoenix Business Journal via ABC15, 2024 · Phoenix Business Journal via ABC15: "Microsoft paid $258 million in all cash on May 31 for approximately 283 acres in El Mirage along Northern Parkway and Dysart Road." and "Nevada-based Dermody Properties was the seller."

Bought 100 more acres in Goodyear

June 2026: paid $131 million for 100 acres beside the Citrus Road campus

Data Center Dynamics, 2026 · Data Center Dynamics, June 11, 2026, citing CoStar: "The land was acquired for $131 million" and "was purchased from Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust" near "Citrus and Indian School roads". Connect CRE gives "over $130 million".

Goodyear Airpark land purchase (279 acres)

$48 million (August 2018)

West Valley View, 2019 · West Valley View: "Microsoft paid Carefree Partners Investments $48 million last August for those 279 acres". Data Center Dynamics, April 2019: "Microsoft bought the first site, just south of Goodyear Airport, in August 2018 for $48 million". Reported sale price.

Workforce

Staff per building (Microsoft)company-reported

About 50 employees per building, working in shifts

Microsoft, 2025 · Microsoft fact sheet: "Each building typically supports around 50 employees working in shifts across 24 hours, resulting in minimal parking lot traffic." Arizona Republic, February 2020, on El Mirage: "is expected to create about 50 jobs, El Mirage spokeswoman Amber Wakeman said." · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Arizona data center employees (Microsoft figure)company-reported

About 430 (2025)

Microsoft, 2025 · Microsoft fact sheet, October 2025: "Our operational datacenters employ approximately 430 people." Microsoft's 2019 projection was "more than 100 permanent jobs"; the 2025 figure is more than four times that. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Permanent jobs projected at announcementprojected

More than 100 permanent jobs (2019 projection)

Microsoft On the Issues, 2019 · Microsoft: "We expect they will create more than 100 permanent jobs across a variety of functions, including mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and datacenter technicians, when the facilities are fully operational". The Arizona Commerce Authority put it at "more than 1,100 direct and indirect jobs in construction and datacenter operations". · A forward-looking estimate, not a measured result.

Construction jobs for the new buildingsprojected

About 2,050 jobs at peak and 8.4 million work hours (2025 projection)

Microsoft, 2025 · Microsoft fact sheet: "We expect construction of the new datacenters to require approximately 8.4 million work hours and more than 2,050 jobs at peak activity." The 2019 projection was "more than 1,000 construction jobs over the initial building phases." · A forward-looking estimate, not a measured result.

Production

Azure region served from Arizona

West US 3, with Availability Zones; early customers named by Microsoft were Banner Health, the State of Arizona and Teradata

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2021 · Microsoft: "Microsoft customers, including Banner Health, State of Arizona, and Teradata are some of the early customers with plans to use the West US 3 region". State CIO J.R. Sloan described Azure-based motor vehicle services and "a new child safety case management system using Azure and Dynamics 365."

Power usage effectiveness, West US 3 (2022)company-reported

PUE 1.223 (calendar 2022); forecast 1.12 for new buildings

Microsoft, 2023 · Microsoft West US 3 sustainability fact sheet, April 2023: "1.223 Power usage effectiveness (PUE) January 2022-December 2022" and "Forecasted PUE for new datacenters: 1.12". Company-reported, not independently audited. · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Renewable energy for the Arizona regioncompany-reported

47% renewable coverage through June 2022, with agreements with Longroad Energy and AES. Microsoft says it will fulfill its 100% renewable coverage commitment in this region through a power purchase agreement with Sun Streams 2 (150 MW, Longroad Energy, per its 2021 blog; renewable energy certificates offset the campus use).

Microsoft, 2023 · Fact sheet: "47% Renewable energy coverage from wind, solar, and hydro power. Approximate energy procured through June 2022. Agreements for renewable energy were made with Longroad Energy and AES." 2021 Azure blog: "Microsoft collaborated with Longroad Energy on their 150-megawatt Sun Streams 2 photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant located in Maricopa County, Arizona" and the renewable energy certificates "will offset the energy use of the new campus". 2025 fact sheet: "In this region, we will fulfill that commitment through a power purchase agreement with Sun Streams 2." IPP Journal, 2019: a "20-year agreement". · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Backup powercompany-reported

PHX83 is planned with 21 diesel emergency generators (20 data hall, 1 admin), each data hall generator with an approximately 10,000-gallon tank (administration generator 3,000 gallons); Microsoft says Arizona generators run on a renewable biofuel

City of El Mirage, 2024 · El Mirage project narrative (filed for Microsoft): "(21) diesel-fueled emergency generators will be installed as part of the PHX83 data center building." and "Each data hall generator will include an approximately 10,000-gallon capacity above ground diesel storage tank"; the administration generator has a 3,000-gallon tank. The filing gives no generator count for PHX80 to PHX82. Microsoft 2025 fact sheet: "Our backup generators at our datacenters in Arizona use a renewable biofuel that reduces net carbon emissions compared to traditional petroleum-based diesel." · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Water and environment

Goodyear wastewater deal and air cooling

March 2023: agreed to pay $36 million toward Goodyear wastewater plant and air-cool buildings four and five

Phoenix Business Journal via Arizona Technology Council, 2023 · Phoenix Business Journal: "Through the updated agreement, which was unanimously approved on March 6 by Council, the company will pay $36 million for the estimated $90 million expansion of the city's 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant."

Water usage effectiveness, West US 3 (2022)company-reported

WUE 2.24 liters per kWh (calendar 2022)

Microsoft, 2023 · Fact sheet: "2.24 L/kWh Water usage effectiveness (WUE) January 2022-December 2022". Microsoft adds: "Microsoft uses outdoor air with direct evaporative cooling at our Phoenix datacenters. This method of cooling uses outside air and zero water when temperatures are below 29.4 degrees Celsius, reducing cooling water use to less than 50 percent of the year." · Reported by the company; not independently verified.

Other

Goodyear approved accelerated build agreement

February 2019: Goodyear council voted unanimously to let Microsoft build PHX 10-11 before site plan approval

KTAR News, 2019 · KTAR: "Goodyear City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve an accelerated construction schedule for a Microsoft project." Legistar matter 2019-6594, Resolution 2019-1942, passed February 25, 2019. The agreement let Microsoft "commence construction of its first two buildings on the Property before a site plan has been approved" under a self-certification process.

Announced three Arizona campuses

July 2019: announced campuses in El Mirage and Goodyear powered by Sun Streams 2 solar

Microsoft On the Issues, 2019 · Microsoft, July 30, 2019: "We intend to develop our new datacenter campuses in El Mirage and Goodyear, Arizona" and "We're partnering with First Solar ... on their Sun Streams 2 photovoltaic (PV) solar plant." Governor Ducey called it "three cutting-edge data center operations in our communities."

West US 3 named and water pledge made

September 2020: Arizona region named West US 3; Microsoft pledged to be water positive by 2030

Microsoft Azure Blog, 2020 · Microsoft, September 21, 2020: "revealing plans for our newest sustainable datacenter region in Arizona, which will become our West US 3 region." and "Today, Microsoft announced an ambitious commitment to be water positive for our direct operations by 2030."

Headquarters and founding (company-wide)

Redmond, Washington; founded 1975; publicly traded (Nasdaq: MSFT); fiscal 2025 revenue $281.7 billion (company-wide)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), 2025 · Form 10-K: "Our corporate headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington." and "Founded in 1975, we develop and support software, services, devices, and solutions". Income statement: "Total revenue 281,724" (millions) for fiscal 2025. Company-wide context only.

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Microsoft Data Centers in Arizona (16)

Compiled from public records. Operating and announced capacity are never added together.

Microsoft El Mirage Campus
Operating · El Mirage · campus overview, buildings counted individually
Microsoft Goodyear Campus (PHX-10 to PHX-14)
Operating · Goodyear · campus overview, buildings counted individually
Microsoft PHX-10
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
244,666 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-11
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
242,678 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-12
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
250,000 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-13
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-14
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-15
Proposed · Maricopa County (approximate)
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-16
Proposed · Maricopa County (approximate)
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-70
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-71
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-72
Operating · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-73
Proposed · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-74
Proposed · Goodyear
57 MW
Microsoft PHX-80
Operating · El Mirage
57 MW
245,000 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-81
Operating · El Mirage
57 MW
245,000 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-82
Operating · El Mirage
57 MW
245,000 sq ft
Microsoft PHX-83
Proposed · El Mirage
57 MW
245,540 sq ft

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Microsoft in Arizona: Common Questions

How many jobs does Microsoft have open in Arizona right now?: Arizona AI is currently tracking 36 open Microsoft roles in Arizona, across Phoenix. The count updates automatically as Microsoft adds and removes postings, and duplicate listings for the same role are merged.
What kinds of roles does Microsoft hire for in Arizona?: The largest categories among current listings at Microsoft in Arizona are business & corporate (6), manufacturing & equipment technicians (6), supply chain & procurement (5), software, data & ai (2). Categories are derived from job titles by Arizona AI.
Where in Arizona are Microsoft jobs located?: Microsoft lists Arizona roles under Phoenix. Locations are shown exactly as Microsoft publishes them; the company's main Arizona site is Goodyear and El Mirage, AZ. Employers sometimes label roles with the metropolitan area rather than the specific campus city.
How do I apply for a job at Microsoft in Arizona?: Each listing on this page links through to Microsoft's own application page. Arizona AI does not collect applications or charge job seekers, and roles are aggregated from the employer's official careers system rather than from third-party recruiters.
Where are Microsoft's data centers in Arizona?: Microsoft says it operates and is building data centers in Goodyear and El Mirage; it does not name campuses or buildings. Connect CRE, citing the Phoenix Business Journal, describes two Goodyear sites and one in El Mirage, and the building names come from listing sites. In Goodyear, the Airpark site covers 279 acres between Broadway Road and MC-85 south of Phoenix Goodyear Airport (PHX-10 to PHX-16 on listing sites; PHX-15 and PHX-16 appear only on the listing site Cleanview and in a 2024 Goodyear reference to a "PHX 15 Utility Relocation Design"), and the Citrus Road site is at the southeast corner of Indian School Road and Citrus Road (PHX-70 to PHX-74). The El Mirage campus is at 12901 W Olive Avenue, at Olive Avenue and Dysart Road (PHX-80 to PHX-83). Microsoft also owns about 283 acres at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road in El Mirage, bought in 2024, with nothing built there yet as far as Arizona AI found.
How many Microsoft data centers are there in Arizona?: Microsoft does not publish a count. Arizona AI tracks 16 Microsoft buildings in Arizona. Listing sites show 11 as operating (PHX-10 to PHX-14, PHX-70 to PHX-72, PHX-80 to PHX-82) and 5 as planned (PHX-15, PHX-16, PHX-73, PHX-74, PHX-83), but only PHX-80 is confirmed operating by a city filing (El Mirage, October 2024). The five operating Goodyear Airpark buildings (PHX-10 to PHX-14) rest only on the listing site Cleanview and conflict with 2023 and 2024 press reports of two to three buildings there, and listing sites disagree on PHX-72 and PHX-82. PHX-83 went to the El Mirage City Council on December 3, 2024 after a 4-0 Planning Commission recommendation; Arizona AI has not confirmed the council outcome. Treat the count as approximate.
What is Azure West US 3?: West US 3 is the Microsoft Azure cloud region served from the Goodyear and El Mirage data centers. Microsoft launched it on June 15, 2021 with Availability Zones, which are separate physical sites with independent power, network and cooling. Microsoft named Banner Health, the State of Arizona and Teradata as early customers.
How much power do Microsoft's Arizona data centers use?: Microsoft has not published a megawatt figure for any Arizona building or campus. The listing site Cleanview estimates 57 MW for every one of the 16 buildings, which is an estimate rather than a measurement, so Arizona AI does not add it up. Microsoft reported a power usage effectiveness of 1.223 for West US 3 in calendar 2022.
How much water do Microsoft's Arizona data centers use?: Microsoft publishes a water usage effectiveness of 2.24 liters per kilowatt-hour for West US 3 in 2022, but no gallons total. Its 2019 Goodyear agreement allowed up to 1 million gallons a day per building and 5 million a day at full build-out. The Atlantic reported in March 2024 that Microsoft's own estimate for the three-building Goodyear Airpark campus was about 56 million gallons a year, and that Microsoft had redacted exact figures in city records as proprietary. Microsoft says existing buildings use direct evaporative cooling with water needed less than 40 percent of the year, and that future buildings will be air-cooled.
What was the Goodyear wastewater dispute about?: Goodyear did not have enough sewer line or treatment capacity for the Airpark campus, and Microsoft dropped a plan to reuse its treated discharge. Under an amended development agreement approved unanimously on March 6, 2023, Microsoft agreed to pay $36 million toward the roughly $90 million expansion of the 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, deposit $5 million in assurance for a new sewer line, pay $800,000 for a city coordinator, and make buildings four and five air-cooled. In return it gets 1.2 million gallons a day of plant capacity at full build-out.
How is Microsoft replenishing water in Arizona?: Microsoft says it and Gila River Water Storage are recharging groundwater with long-term storage credits dedicated to Goodyear and El Mirage, an estimated additional 610,000 cubic meters. It also funds Lake Mead conservation with the State of Arizona and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Verde River projects with The Nature Conservancy, and leak-detection work with Phoenix-area utilities. In January 2026 it pledged, for the U.S. communities where it builds datacenters, to replenish more of the water it uses and to publish water-use data for each datacenter region; Arizona AI has not yet found that data for West US 3.
How many people does Microsoft employ in Arizona?: Microsoft says its Arizona data centers employed about 430 people as of 2025, up from a 2019 projection of more than 100 permanent jobs. It expects about 2,050 construction jobs at peak for the new buildings. Microsoft does not publish a total Arizona headcount including its other offices; company-wide it had about 228,000 employees in June 2025.
How much has Microsoft invested in Arizona?: Microsoft said in 2019 it was investing "hundreds of millions of dollars" and has not updated that total. Connect CRE reported in June 2026 that Microsoft has spent roughly $473 million on about 800 acres of West Valley data center land; Arizona AI's sum of the individual reported purchases is $494 million for about 960 acres: $48 million (2018) and $37 million (2019) in Goodyear, $20 million (2019) and $258 million (2024) in El Mirage, and $131 million (2026) in Goodyear. A Microsoft attorney told Goodyear in 2023 that each building represents more than $300 million.
Does Microsoft hire in Arizona?: Yes. Arizona AI tracks Microsoft job postings in Arizona on this page. Microsoft says each data center building supports about 50 employees in shifts, and it runs the West Valley Datacenter Academy with Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges, which had 364 students in 2024-2025 and offers CompTIA certifications.

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