# Microsoft Timber Datacenter Campus

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/microsoft-timber-datacenter-campus--grid-load-8ac9aa569fe2be6d

The Timber Datacenter is a multi-phase Microsoft campus on Ridge Road in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. A December 2025 federal notice shows Microsoft still seeking to complete authorized construction impacts, and a September 2026 state air permit adds backup generators. Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative was asked to serve the campus, with a utility application requesting 168 MW at the Timber delivery point. Utility planning documents projected a summer 2026 load of 123 MW.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: under_construction
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 608 Ridge Road, Boydton, Mecklenburg County, VA
- Operator: Microsoft (exact asset)
- Developer: Microsoft (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Interconnection request: 168 MW · requested · campus — Customer request to the utility for the Timber delivery point, with normal and full-capacity alternate feeds; not an IT-load figure
- Reported unspecified: About 168 MW · target · target 2024 · campus — Projected load for the delivery point with an in-service date of June 1, 2024; not proof of delivery
- Interconnection request: 100+ MW · requested · target 2021 · campus — PJM supplemental project problem statement: total campus load in excess of 100 MW, service requested by November 1, 2021
- Reported unspecified: 12 MW · target · target 2026 · campus — Projected winter 2026 initial in-service load
- Reported unspecified: 123 MW · target · target 2026 · campus — Projected summer 2026 initial in-service load in the PJM presentation; not an energized-load report
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Substation: MEC Timber Substation at the Timber delivery point, fed by the proposed Easters 230 kV Switching Station

## Development

- Site area: 335.38 acres
- Construction: Multi-phased campus of data center buildings, administration buildings, substations, a tank farm, parking, access roads, and security buildings

## Sources

- [Access Denied](https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices/Article/4364041/nao-2011-01135-timber-lvl-datacenter-mecklenburg-virginia/)
- [www.dominionenergy.com](https://www.dominionenergy.com/-/media/content/about/power-line-projects/chase-city-to-cloud/pdfs/line-235-extension-application-volume-1-of-2.pdf)
- [www.pjm.com](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/committees-groups/committees/teac/2021/20211130/20211130-item-04-dominion-supplemental.ashx)
- [Access Denied](https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices/Article/2598190/nao-2021-01135-vmrc-21-v0533/)
- [Access Denied](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25664/639268002668600000)
- [www.scc.virginia.gov](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/docketsearch/DOCS/6mg001!.PDF)

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