# Data Centers in Catawba County, NC: Projects and Rules | FOUND

Announced data-center projects and local government actions on data centers in Catawba County, North Carolina. Every row links to a public source.

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Last updated 2026.09.30

## Local government actions

We found no recorded moratorium or ordinance action on data centers in this county. A town inside the county can act separately, and an empty search is not a clearance.

## Announced projects

- Microsoft, Conover, Hickory, Maiden, Newton, 2022-11, under construction: Microsoft committed at least $1B for data centers on 687 acres across Conover, Hickory, and Maiden; construction paused in mid-2025 and resumed by early 2026. https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-microsoft-invest-billion-north-carolina.html https://hoodline.com/2026/02/microsoft-s-1-billion-catawba-data-farm-roars-back-to-life/ https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-invest-at-least-1bn-on-four-data-centers-in-catawba-county-nc
- Apple, Maiden, 2025, unknown: Apple plans a $175M, 237,600 sq ft data center on land it owns at its existing Maiden campus, following its February 2025 statement that it will expand data center capacity in North Carolina. https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/apple-to-invest-175m-in-expanding-north-carolina-data-center https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/

## How to read this

County and town are different governments. A county can have no pause while a town inside it has one, and the reverse. Before you rely on any row, confirm which government regulates the parcel, then read the ordinance in the linked source for its scope and end date.

### Does Catawba County have a data center moratorium?

We found no recorded moratorium action on data centers in Catawba County as of 2026.09.30. That is not a clearance, because a town inside the county can act separately.

### What data centers are planned in Catawba County?

Announced projects on record in Catawba County: Microsoft, Conover, Hickory, Maiden, Newton (under construction); Apple, Maiden (unknown). Each row on this page links to its public source.

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