# Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft)

AI data center campus tracked on DEPLOY: announced-vs-energized capacity, each figure dated and sourced.

- **Canonical ID:** 8816a42d-177f-434d-9475-db84f39e535c
- **Type:** AI data center campus
- **Location:** Barstow, Texas, United States
- **Lifecycle state:** under_construction
- **Announced capacity (GW):** 0.7

## Capacity ledger (append-only, dated, sourced)

- announced: 1.2 GW · claimed · as of 2026-06-01 · https://tech.eu/2026/03/17/nscale-snaps-up-major-us-data-centre-site-inks-ai-compute-deal-with-microsoft/
- announced: 0.7 GW · reported · as of 2025-10-01 · https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-microsoft-2025
- contracted: 0.24 GW · reported · as of 2026-06-01 · https://tech.eu/2026/03/17/nscale-snaps-up-major-us-data-centre-site-inks-ai-compute-deal-with-microsoft/

## Parties

- Microsoft (tenant): https://registry.deploy.report/companies/microsoft
- NVIDIA (chip_supplier): https://registry.deploy.report/companies/nvidia

## Common questions


**What is Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft)?**

Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft) is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Barstow. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.

**How much power will Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft) use?**

Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft) has 0.70 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.

**Is Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft) operating yet?**

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft) is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.

**How verified is the data on Nscale Barstow AI Data Center (Microsoft)?**

A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

## Sources

- Tech.eu: Nscale US site and Microsoft compute deal: https://tech.eu/2026/03/17/nscale-snaps-up-major-us-data-centre-site-inks-ai-compute-deal-with-microsoft/
- DCD: Nscale to supply Microsoft with Nvidia GPUs: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nscale-to-supply-microsoft-with-additional-100000-nvidia-gpus-in-us-and-europe/

Canonical: https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/nscale-barstow-texas
JSON: https://registry.deploy.report/v1/datacenters/nscale-barstow-texas