Microsoft Data Center Energy: “We’ll Pay Our Own Way.” What That Could Mean for Commercial Rates and New Development.
Microsoft's five-point “Community-First” initiative signals the next chapter of how we finance and govern electrification.

Microsoft's five-point “Community-First” initiative signals the next chapter of how we finance and govern electrification.

Data centers are increasingly being treated as projects that can change a community’s utility bills, reliability profile, and long-term development math. For commercial real estate owners, developers and planners, the entitlement conversation is moving upstream into energy governance.