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Hickory, NC · Catawba County · 35.733°N 81.344°W
Straight-line distances. Nearest named waterway via the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; nearest transmission line via HIFLD. Baseline water stress and groundwater trend describe the surrounding hydrological basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0) — not this facility’s measured water use. Principal-aquifer system underlying the location (USGS, mapped at 1:2,500,000 — regional context, not site hydrogeology).
Catawba County and the City of Hickory state the Microsoft facilities are expected to rely primarily on less water-intensive cooling methods, and project roughly 1% of Hickory's daily water production capacity once fully operational (figure covers the county-wide Microsoft development, not this site alone).
Announced as part of Microsoft's four-site Catawba County plan; ~160 acres west of US 321 adjacent to Hickory Lincolnton Hwy (a smaller ~16-acre Tate Blvd parcel was also identified).
Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Campus in North Carolina Cloud ClusterConstruction resumed across the Catawba County campuses after a roughly 10-month pause.
Microsoft restarts $1B data center in Catawba CountyConfirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.
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