Microsoft Mass Timber Data Centres, Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia, United States, North America

Under Construction · AEC / Built Environment — Data Centres / Mission Critical · Mass Timber Data Centre · Temperate

Hybrid cross-laminated timber/steel/concrete hyperscale builds cutting embodied carbon ~35% vs steel, ~65% vs precast.

Innovation highlights

• hybrid cross-laminated timber / steel / concrete hyperscale structure
• embodied carbon cut ~35% vs steel, ~65% vs precast concrete
• first hyperscale use of engineered timber in a US data centre structure
• prefabricated CLT elements speed on-site installation

Innovations in the catalogue

• Microsoft mass timber data centres, Northern Virginia

Client / Developer

Microsoft

Architect

Gensler

Engineer

Thornton Tomasetti

Type

Mass Timber Data Centre

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