Microsoft Conover Data Center
Microsoft · Conover, NC · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 35.7065, -81.2184
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- 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.
Underlying source - Under construction
Crews returned to the four Catawba County campuses after a roughly 10-month pause; commercial building permits were issued November–December 2025.
Underlying source
Source notes
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.
Sources and provenance
- Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Campus in North Carolina Cloud Cluster · source retrieved 2026-08-15
- Joint statement on Microsoft data center development in Catawba County · source retrieved 2026-10-15
- Microsoft restarts $1B data center in Catawba County · source retrieved 2026-08-15
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.