# Microsoft Conover Data Center > Under construction: a data center in Catawba County, North Carolina, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-conover-data-center-nc-dc_be53913ba46b Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-conover-data-center-nc-dc_be53913ba46b.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Microsoft is building a data center in Catawba County, North Carolina (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Microsoft (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 15, 2026) - **Site area:** 219 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2022-11 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 15, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** Mar 2, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 15, 2026) - **City:** Conover (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Catawba (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** North Carolina (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Hyperscale (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **EPA air permit:** 80% Synthetic Minor Emissions (EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **EPA compliance status:** No Violation Identified (EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Microsoft Conover Data Center | Under construction | Not reported | | EPA ECHO | Microsoft Corporation, CLT04 AND CLT05 | Operating | Not reported | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Microsoft Conover Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 15, 2026) reports it as under construction. The sources disagree: EPA ECHO reports operating. ### Who is building Microsoft Conover Data Center? Microsoft is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Microsoft Conover Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Microsoft Conover Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **Mar 2, 2026:** [Construction start reported](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/21437740/microsoft-plans-1-billion-campus-in-north-carolina-cloud-cluster) - [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/21437740/microsoft-plans-1-billion-campus-in-north-carolina-cloud-cluster). Reported for 2022-11. ## Related records - [Microsoft - East Point Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-east-point-campus-ga-dc_35cbee715519): Same operator - [Microsoft - Medina County Data Centers](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-medina-county-data-centers-tx-dc_8f661e4e3a8a): Same operator - [Microsoft - Palmetto Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-palmetto-campus-ga-dc_dc6c0a02d5b3): Same operator - [Microsoft - San Antonio Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-san-antonio-data-center-campus-tx-dc_dfc0294d0319): Same operator - [Microsoft - Union City Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-union-city-campus-ga-dc_48d6e3dd966a): Same operator - [Amazon Web Services (AWS) Richmond County Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/amazon-web-services-aws-richmond-county-campus-nc-dc_727cc05642c2): Same state - [Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/amazon-web-services-richmond-county-data-center-campus-nc-dc_b94cb8b089d3): Same state - [American Tower Reedy Creek Data Center (East Charlotte)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/american-tower-reedy-creek-data-center-east-charlotte-nc-dc_74ff9b945e46): Same state - [Compass Statesville Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-statesville-campus-nc-dc_24f32954be96): Same state - [Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/deep-river-data-ai-data-center-cumnock-lee-county-nc-dc_44b62dd9e845): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. 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) · US EPA Facility Registry Service via ECHO (public domain). 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. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/21437740/microsoft-plans-1-billion-campus-in-north-carolina-cloud-cluster) · as of Aug 15, 2026 · record microsoft-conover-catawba-county-nc - [Data Center Frontier (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/21437740/microsoft-plans-1-billion-campus-in-north-carolina-cloud-cluster) · as of Aug 15, 2026 - [Catawba County, NC (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.catawbacountync.gov/news/joint-statement-on-microsoft-data-center-development-in-catawba-county/) · as of Aug 15, 2026 - [Go Foothills (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.gofoothills.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-restarts-1b-data-center-in-catawba-county/) · as of Aug 15, 2026 - [EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain)](https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110071667153) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 110071667153 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/microsoft-conover-data-center-nc) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 209266128168043 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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