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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Project Accelerate — Matthews (East John Street).
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Crosland Southeast
- Address and locality
- 1603 East John Street · Matthews · Mecklenburg County · North Carolina · 28105
- Official metro area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Source-reported status
- cancelled
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not established; source review excludes the published figure
- Source freshness
- 10 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000345
The source note identifies 600 MW as a withdrawn electricity request, not built or permitted capacity. The upstream row remains attributed below, but this value is not repeated as site capacity.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Land area
- 123 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: opposed
Provider notes
Community. A petition against the project gathered more than 2,700 signatures; residents raised noise, power, water and neighborhood-character concerns. Mayor John Higdon attributed the withdrawal to 'overwhelming public distaste'.
What the source record says
Codenamed Project Accelerate; Engineered Land Solutions worked with Crosland Southeast on the filing. Capacity is omitted deliberately: the 'up to 600 MW' figure describes the withdrawn proposal's electricity request, not a built or permitted capacity. Re-checked 2026-09-10: the record is accurate. The withdrawal date (Oct. 8, 2025) and reason (public opposition) were confirmed again; no new filings or developments found at this site since.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-07 · source-reported proposed
Matthews Board of Commissioners initiated a rezoning for the 123-acre site at 1603 E. John St. for data center use; five two-story buildings were proposed.
- 2025-10-08 · source-reported cancelled
Developers withdrew the rezoning request; the mayor announced the withdrawal after sustained public opposition.
Sources and attribution
- Matthews data center project withdrawn · Charlotte Business Journal (via Yahoo News)
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID crosland-southeast-matthews-project-accelerate-nc. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000345
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- 1603 East John Street, Matthews, NC 28105 · Mecklenburg (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Crosland Southeast
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported cancelled
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2025-07 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-10-08 · source-reported cancelled
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 123 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not established; source review excludes the published figure
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: opposed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-10
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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