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Microsoft Hickory Data Center

MicrosoftHickory, Catawba County, NCUpdated

Microsoft is building a data center in Catawba County, North Carolina (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Site
160 acres
Cite

Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Timeline

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. 6 mo ago

    Construction start

  3. 6 mo ago

    Construction start reported

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

  4. ~4 yr ago

    Announced

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Street address reported
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

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Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
MicrosoftOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
Facility type
HyperscaleFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 15901672396297

Scale

Site area
160 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 15901672396297

Reported dates

Announced
2022-11Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
Construction start reported
2026-03-02Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-ncReported date — see the source for the event evidenced.

Site

City
HickoryCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
County
CatawbaCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
State
North CarolinaState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
Location precision
Street address reportedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 15901672396297

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasMicrosoft Hickory Data CenterUnder constructionNot reported

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 15, 2026 · Record: microsoft-hickory-catawba-county-nc
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “Microsoft Hickory Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-hickory-data-center-nc-dc_0e766588d609, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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