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Microsoft is developing SAT82, a 244,676-square-foot data-center building at 18844 FM 1957 in Castroville with five colocation areas, estimated at $482.6 million. Permitted construction is scheduled to start April 11, 2026, with completion targeted for February 8, 2028; no power capacity or commercial-operation date is specified.
SAT82 Data Center, TDLR project TABS2024023976, is a one-story Microsoft data-center building with five colocation areas at 18844 FM 1957, Castroville, Medina County, Texas. The filing lists an estimated cost of $482.6 million and approximately 244,676 square feet of gross building area. No power capacity or commercial-operation date is stated.
Also reported as SAT 82, Microsoft SAT82, Microsoft SAT 82.
Reports community concerns about Microsoft's broader Medina County expansion, including traffic, water consumption, and growth impacts. The article's exact-site reference is to Microsoft SAT81 at 18844 FM 1957, so its reactions should be treated as campus-level context rather than SAT82-specific testimony.
Reports that SAT82 is planned at 18844 FM 1957 in Castroville, on the same site as SAT81, with an estimated $482 million cost and construction scheduled from April 2026 through February 8, 2028.
Summarizes reporting that specifically names SAT82, including a 15-year, 80% Medina County property-tax abatement and the county's estimate of substantial tax-generating capacity. It also describes neighboring residents' dust and noise concerns from the broader Microsoft construction activity.
Identifies SAT82 as a new Microsoft data center at 18844 FM 1957 in Castroville and describes the project as a roughly $482 million expansion at the existing Microsoft site.