Microsoft Castroville SAT82
AI data center in Castroville, TX, United States: announced.
- Location: Castroville, TX, United States
- Developer: Microsoft
- Status: announced
- Estimated cost: $0.4B
Microsoft Castroville SAT82 is a AI data center project located in Castroville, TX, United States, currently announced. It is being built by Microsoft. The estimated build cost is $0.4B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across TX, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
SAT82 is a $400M, one-story data center of about 195,000 sq ft at 3580 FM 471 North in Castroville. Construction is set to begin Aug 13, 2026 and finish by 2028. Medina County already has six Microsoft data centers.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Microsoft Castroville SAT82?
- Microsoft Castroville SAT82 is an AI data center project in Castroville, Texas tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is announced.
- Where is Microsoft Castroville SAT82?
- Microsoft Castroville SAT82 is in Castroville, Texas. Every tracked Texas campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/texas.
- Who is building Microsoft Castroville SAT82?
- Microsoft is developing Microsoft Castroville SAT82.
- When will Microsoft Castroville SAT82 come online?
- The next building at Microsoft Castroville SAT82 is expected online 2028. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- Microsoft bets $400M on tiny Texas town with new data center (finance.yahoo.com · press · 2026-01-11)
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TABS project registration) (tdlr.texas.gov · public record · 2026-09-21)
- TCEQ air permit record RN111896825 (permit-search.tceq.texas.gov · public record · 2026-02-09)
- My Neighborhood News (myneighborhoodnews.com · press · 2026-10-07)