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Microsoft Hickory Data Center

Status
Company reported construction
Place
Hickory, North Carolina
County
Catawba
Company
Microsoft
Type
Data center (inventory classification)

Status context. The original named Hickory and Stover update contains a May 2026 section explicitly reporting underground utility installation and foundation work in progress. This supports company reported construction scoped to foundations and associated infrastructure. End of June steel work remains a forecast rather than verified installation. The February section explicitly distinguished early earthwork from vertical building. The earlier postponed community session and separately rescheduled October 21, 2024 session are past schedules rather than verified attendance or a new hearing. Meeting venue text does not move the computing site into another municipality. No exact current completion, operation, legal role or measured rock work impact is inferred.

Exact site not published; shown at county level. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel.

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Dated record.

  1. announced
  2. Catawba County published its joint Microsoft programme statement on June 23, 2026, with a City of Conover copy. The statement covers the programme across three municipalities. This is the source publication date, not an individual Hickory opening, an executed incentive amendment or three independent project announcements.

Sources.

  1. Reviewed sourcewww.conovernc.gov · published June 23, 2026 · checked October 14, 2026
  2. Reviewed government recordwww.catawbacountync.gov · published June 23, 2026 · checked October 22, 2026
  3. Reviewed operator sourcelocal.microsoft.com · published September 19, 2024 · checked October 24, 2026

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Last checked October 24, 2026, 3 linked sources. Review dates do not certify current operation or every field. Corrections and record history

Updated . What changed: Source review for Microsoft Hickory Data Center. This is not a project milestone.

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Company reported construction. This is the sourced Atlas label; it does not independently certify current operation. Compilation dated October 26, 2026. Record data and source links.

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Exact site not published; shown at county level. A map reference does not independently certify a parcel, roof or facility boundary. Compilation dated October 26, 2026. Record data and source links.

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3 distinct public source links are retained for this record. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Compilation dated October 26, 2026. Record data and source links.