Microsoft Manassas (Hansen Farm)
Manassas, Manassas city County, VA
Source: Primary source
Microsoft Manassas (Hansen Farm) is a under construction data center in Manassas city County, VA, operated by Microsoft Data Center LLC.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkConstruction began May 2024; enclosure complete summer 2025.
Operator chain
- Files asMicrosoft Data Center LLC
- This facilityMicrosoft Manassas (Hansen Farm)
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Data centers are spreading across the country. Communities trying to fight back are on their own.Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting· May 16, 2026
- In Virginia, the world's data center capital faces mounting opposition from local residentsLe Monde.fr· May 10, 2026
- Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic DisasterThe Atlantic· Mar 26, 2026
- Data center expansion looms over midterm electionsArizona Capitol Times· Mar 13, 2026
- Big Tech Is Buying Up America’s Land—and Home Builders Can’t CompeteWSJ· Feb 17, 2026
- ‘The Industry Comes In and Kills the Work of Local Citizens’Politico· Feb 13, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Pennington Traditional in Manassas, is 0.4 mi from this site (654 students). 6 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.