Catawba County, North Carolina
Catawba County, North Carolina has 855 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 18 records, against 2.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 50 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 19.1% of North Carolina's data center MW.
Catawba County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 855 MW of data centers against 2.3 GW of plants, with 50 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
18 records, 855 MW
The data center pipeline
16 records list a year online or expected, from 2009 to 2029. The largest expected additions are 342 MW listed for 2028 and 342 MW for 2029. 2 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 3 | 171 |
| 2028 | 6 | 342 |
| 2029 | 6 | 342 |
Who is building in Catawba
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 17 | 855 |
| Apple | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
20 plants operate inside Catawba County, 2.3 GW. The queue adds 50 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Catawba County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | Operating | 2 | 1,059.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 1,059.5 |
| Solar | Operating | 13 | 171.3 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 50 |
| Hydro | Operating | 2 | 36 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 1.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 50 |
Catawba County against its neighbors
Caldwell County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 350 MW, 41% of Catawba County's. 4 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba County this page | 18 | 50 | 0.37x | ||
| Caldwell County | 4 | 0 | 8.8x | ||
| Lincoln County | 0 | 54 | 0x | ||
| Burke County | 0 | 3 | 0x | ||
| Iredell County | 0 | 10 | 0x | ||
| Alexander County | 0 | 0 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownEvery record in Catawba County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 39 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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