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Microsoft Conover Data Center

Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated August 15, 2026

Microsoft Conover Data Center is a data center under construction in Conover, North Carolina (Catawba County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced November 2022, 219 acres.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Microsoft
Facility type
Data center
Location
Conover, Catawba County, NC
Coordinates
35.7065, -81.2184 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
219 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
November 2022
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. March 2, 2026
    Under construction
    Crews returned to the four Catawba County campuses after a roughly 10-month pause; commercial building permits were issued November-December 2025. Source: Go Foothills
  2. November 2022
    Proposed
    Announced as one of four Microsoft data centers planned across Catawba County; the Conover site is ~219 acres north of Conover on NC Hwy 16. Source: Data Center Frontier

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Conover Data Center in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

One of four Microsoft campuses in Catawba County (Conover, Hickory, Maiden, Newton). The widely cited $1 billion figure is Microsoft's county-wide minimum investment commitment over a 10-year performance window across all four sites, it is not this site's investment. No per-site capacity has been disclosed.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Microsoft Conover Data Center in Conover?

Nothing on record as of August 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Conover Data Center in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Microsoft Conover Data Center?

No lawsuit over Microsoft Conover Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 15, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Microsoft Conover Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Conover Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Microsoft Conover Data Center, and how big is it?

Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 219 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Conover Data Center," updated August 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-conover-catawba-county-nc.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/microsoft-conover-catawba-county-nc, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Campus in North Carolina Cloud Cluster · Data Center Frontier · retrieved August 15, 2026
  2. 2.Joint statement on Microsoft data center development in Catawba County · Catawba County, NC · retrieved August 15, 2026
  3. 3.Microsoft restarts $1B data center in Catawba County · Go Foothills · retrieved August 15, 2026

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