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            "The inherited area coordinate and county display were not reviewed physical facility destinations. The original explicitly named computing facility street and complete unique literal Census response now support only a calculated street range reference inside the retained county. Earlier coordinates and complete source history remain intact. This corrects the reference without physical relocation, a surveyed roof, new computing, title or complete campus certification."
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            "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building."
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            "The June 23 joint local government statement discusses the Microsoft programme across Conover, Hickory and Maiden and addresses water, infrastructure and incentive questions. It does not assign an explicit current physical stage to this individual Maiden record. References to existing and under construction data centers in the county also include other companies. Projected county water capacity shares, amended agreement intentions and general economic statements are not measured site demand, executed amendments or proof of this site opening. Physical stage remains unclear.",
            "The review preserves existing physical identity, locations, roles, quantities and opening fields. Document and source check dates remain separate from physical milestones."
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          "scope": "Microsoft identifies Boyd Farms off Zeb Haynes Road in Maiden. Its May2026 update names Clark Construction, separate from the earlier Morgan account. Possible controlled blasting remains conditional on approval. Neither an elapsed construction forecast nor a conditional rock removal request is a verified outcome. The previously empty company field is filled only from this explicit provider identity. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. A street in the account does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Publication and modification dates are not construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained.",
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              "scope": "Microsoft identifies Boyd Farms off Zeb Haynes Road in Maiden. Its May2026 update names Clark Construction, separate from the earlier Morgan account. Possible controlled blasting remains conditional on approval. Neither an elapsed construction forecast nor a conditional rock removal request is a verified outcome. The previously empty company field is filled only from this explicit provider identity. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. A street in the account does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Publication and modification dates are not construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained."
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            "Microsoft identifies Boyd Farms off Zeb Haynes Road in Maiden. Its May2026 update names Clark Construction, separate from the earlier Morgan account. Possible controlled blasting remains conditional on approval. Neither an elapsed construction forecast nor a conditional rock removal request is a verified outcome. The previously empty company field is filled only from this explicit provider identity. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. A street in the account does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Publication and modification dates are not construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained."
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              "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/boyd-farms-datacenter-construction-update/",
              "host": "local.microsoft.com",
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              "date": "2024-04-30",
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              "label": "Reviewed operator source"
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          "checked": "2026-10-24",
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          "scope": "The original named Boyd Farm update contains a May 2026 section explicitly reporting continuing foundations, utilities and infrastructure construction. This supports company reported construction at that scope. Early June slab and later utility milestones remain prospective rather than completed work. The older timeline explicitly reports an April 1, 2024 construction start involving clearing and grading; that exact reported site preparation start is separate from vertical construction or computing commissioning. Its earlier spring 2025 forecast is not treated as accomplished completion in light of the later construction account. Potential controlled blasting remains subject to approval and notice, without proof that it occurred or caused harm.",
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              "potential_blasting_not_actual_harm": true,
              "month_only_update_not_invented_exact_day": true,
              "original_exact_capture_and_retrieval_receipt_reused": true,
              "no_new_network_request": true
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          "notes": [
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            "Existing roles, identities, physical placement, jurisdiction assignments, technical quantities and exact first opening days remain unchanged. A document date does not date physical commissioning."
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              "date": "2024-04-30",
              "checked": "2026-10-24",
              "label": "Reviewed operator source"
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          "checked": "2026-10-24",
          "whole_record_certified": false
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      "whole_record_certified": false,
      "field_evidence_present": true,
      "inventory_label_retained": true,
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "Maiden · Catawba · Source context reviewed",
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          "date": "2026-06-23",
          "text": "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 Maiden opening, an executed incentive amendment or three independent project announcements.",
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            {
              "url": "https://www.catawbacountync.gov/news/joint-statement-on-microsoft-data-center-development-in-catawba-county/",
              "host": "www.catawbacountync.gov",
              "published": "2026-06-23",
              "date": "2026-06-23",
              "checked": "2026-10-22",
              "label": "Reviewed government record"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://www.conovernc.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/41",
              "host": "www.conovernc.gov",
              "published": "2026-06-23",
              "date": "2026-06-23",
              "checked": "2026-10-22",
              "label": "Reviewed government record"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-04-01",
          "text": "Microsoft reports that Boyd Farm construction began April 1, 2024 with clearing and grading. This is the issuer reported preliminary site construction day, rather than first vertical building, computing commissioning or a completed later forecast.",
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          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/boyd-farms-datacenter-construction-update/",
              "host": "local.microsoft.com",
              "published": "2024-04-30",
              "date": "2024-04-30",
              "checked": "2026-10-24",
              "label": "Reviewed operator source"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "status_scope": "The original named Boyd Farm update contains a May 2026 section explicitly reporting continuing foundations, utilities and infrastructure construction. This supports company reported construction at that scope. Early June slab and later utility milestones remain prospective rather than completed work. The older timeline explicitly reports an April 1, 2024 construction start involving clearing and grading; that exact reported site preparation start is separate from vertical construction or computing commissioning. Its earlier spring 2025 forecast is not treated as accomplished completion in light of the later construction account. Potential controlled blasting remains subject to approval and notice, without proof that it occurred or caused harm.",
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        "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23",
        "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point",
        "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.",
        "county_display": "37035"
      }
    }
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}
