Proposed-site record

Project Agate

Media Monitoring lead with medium location confidence. Use the linked sources to verify status, public money, NDA/secrecy, water, and power details before treating this as a fully documented local record.

Under constructionconfirmedMedium concern

Site Snapshot

Location: Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina
Operator / sponsor: Microsoft
Status / stage: Under construction · under construction
Scale: Unknown; 157 acres

Data Fields

NDA / secrecyMissing / needs review

Public moneyEvidence attached

Data Center Dynamics FracTracker Alliance ArcGIS source row

WaterMissing / needs review

PowerMissing / needs review

Public Money

Source dataset project_cost field reports $7.5 million; public funding records still need local review.

Evidence linksData Center DynamicsMicrosoft Breaks Ground On Second Data Center Campus In North Carolina FracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers Tracker ArcGIS source rowProject Agate dataset attributes

Water

Water source, cooling method, withdrawal permits, and wastewater impacts need local sourcing.

Power

Power demand, utility service, interconnection, and ratepayer exposure need separate sourcing.

NDA / Secrecy

No NDA reported

Missing NDA / secrecy, Water, PowerAttached fields: Public money

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Sources and Leads

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Data Center DynamicsMicrosoft Breaks Ground On Second Data Center Campus In North Carolina FracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers Tracker ArcGIS source rowProject Agate dataset attributes