government body

Catawba County

Catawba County is a North Carolina county that has become a major cloud and data center cluster, hosting Apple's Maiden campus and Microsoft's announced $1 billion four-facility data center development.

Newton, North Carolina www.catawbacountync.gov

Data centers

2 projects in the dataset

Microsoft Boyd Farms (Project Yoga)· permits
Maiden, Catawba, NCUnder Construction
Microsoft Project Pine (Hickory)· permits
near Pringle, Catawba County, NCUnder Construction

Supplies / contracts / lobbies for

Outbound services and contracts

Apple Inc.· partners with$1.0B
Catawba County hosts Apple's Maiden, NC data center campus (originally announced 2009 with $1 billion investment) and has approved subsequent expansions including a 240,000 sq ft / $175 million expansion.
Microsoft Corporation· partners with$1.0B
Microsoft announced plans in 2022 to invest at least $1 billion to develop four data center facilities in Catawba County, including one in Maiden where construction began in April 2024.

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