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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Project Delta Data Center – Stokes County.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Undisclosed (rezoning applicant: Engineered Land Solutions)
- Address and locality
- Walnut Cove · Stokes County · North Carolina
- Official metro area
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 15 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001159
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- status: The row note records the April 2026 voiding; status history attributes a later September 2026 rezoning to local reporting.
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.
- Electric utility
- Duke Energy (Belews Creek proximity; no confirmed interconnection)
- Power source
- On-site gas
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 1,800 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: litigation
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- November 2025
Provider notes
Energy. Developer plans temporary on-site natural-gas generators until a Duke Energy grid connection becomes feasible; no confirmed interconnection agreement found. Environmental groups flagged methane/CO2 from continuous generator use.
Water. Developer estimates 50,000-100,000 gal/day (0.05-0.10 MGD) via a closed-loop system, sourced from municipal supply (not the Dan River) — a range, so no numeric MGD.
Community. Lawsuit filed March 13, 2026 in Stokes County Superior Court by Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Southern Environmental Law Center, representing National Hairston Clan, CleanAIRE NC, Dan River Basin Association, 7 Directions of Service, and local residents. Rezoning challenged as lacking procedural safeguards required by NC law. Stokes County Board of Commissioners voted April 14, 2026 to void the January 12 rezoning and text amendment, acknowledging statutory notice failures. Developer ELS expressed intent to resubmit a compliant application; lawsuit remains pending.
What the source record says
Site on US Highway 311 and Tuttle Road near Belews Creek Coal Plant on Dan River. End operator/tenant not publicly identified; rezoning approved for unidentified operator per lawsuit. Rezoning voided April 14, 2026 after court challenge over statutory notice failures. Developer ELS plans to resubmit. Capacity and investment not disclosed. Coordinates are Walnut Cove city centroid.
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
- 2025-11 · source-reported proposed
Engineered Land Solutions submitted rezoning application for 1,800 acres from agricultural/farm use to heavy industrial/commercial near Dan River and Belews Creek Coal Plant
- 2026-01 · source-reported permitted
Stokes County Board of Commissioners approved rezoning 3-2 despite opposition from county Planning Board and residents
- 2026-03-13 · source-reported permitted
Lawsuit filed in Stokes County Superior Court by SCSJ and SELC seeking to invalidate rezoning
- 2026-04-14 · source-reported proposed
Stokes County Board of Commissioners voted to void January 12 rezoning and text amendment, citing statutory notice failures; project must restart via fully compliant new application
- 2026-10-15 · source-reported permitted
On Sept 14, 2026 the Stokes County commissioners voted 3-2 to rezone about 1,800 acres for Project Delta. This followed the voiding of the January approval, which forced Engineered Land Solutions to reapply.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- NC communities push back on AI data centers – Project Delta lawsuit · NC Health News
- Walnut Cove Data Center Project Updates 2026 · Blackridge Research
- Lawsuit challenges Stokes County data-center rezoning · The Assembly NC
- Stokes County proposed data center creates backlash · Spectrum News NC
- Inside Stokes County's latest vote on the Project Delta data center · WUNC
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID project-delta-walnut-cove-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-001159
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.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Walnut Cove, NC · Stokes (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Undisclosed (rezoning applicant: Engineered Land Solutions)
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: November 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-11 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-01 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-03-13 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-04-14 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-10-15 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 1,800 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Duke Energy (Belews Creek proximity; no confirmed interconnection)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: On-site gas
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: litigation
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-15
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: 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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