North Carolina index · last changed 1 November 2026

North Carolina data centers: what the public record shows.

Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of North Carolina data centers.

12 sourced policy records for North Carolina ↓Facility register: 65 records · by county →1 published DataCenterData record · evidence status shown per row46 licensed directory leads · not independently verifiedThese counts overlap and are not added together

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Map, listings and checked facts.

Start with 46 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.

North Carolina map

Reported locations in North Carolina

46 licensed rows · 34 source localities · 3 map targets

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NC24 licensed rows in the Charlotte area · 16 source locality labels · opens the North Carolina interactive map · symbol offset slightly from its projected anchor for readability2418 licensed rows in the Fayetteville area · 14 source locality labels · opens the North Carolina interactive map · symbol offset slightly from its projected anchor for readability184 licensed rows in the Enfield area · 4 source locality labels · opens the North Carolina interactive map · symbol offset slightly from its projected anchor for readability4
Source-reported points; some are approximate. Not parcel boundaries. Exact Approximate or representative Bounded nearby groupA number on a marker is the count of licensed rows it holds.Licensed layer only (Compute Atlas, source data through 14 October 2026). The interactive map lists 76 data-center source listings here across licensed, operator and DataCenterData layers (59 with a map point); 78 with government registry records. Source listings are not distinct sites.3 symbols are offset slightly for readability; thin connectors retain their projected anchors. Open the interactive map for source coordinates.
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Map sources and method

The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record. 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).

46 licensed rows32 reported city labels34 eligible organization labels
15source-reported operational15source-reported proposed6source-reported under construction5source-reported cancelled5source-reported permitted

Browse all 46 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.

Official metro areasCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 18 mapped listings (all states, all layers)Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 9 mapped listingsFayetteville, NC 4 mapped listingsWinston-Salem, NC 4 mapped listingsDurham-Chapel Hill, NC 4 mapped listingsGreensboro-High Point, NC 2 mapped listingsRaleigh-Cary, NC 7 mapped listingsRocky Mount, NC 2 mapped listingsAsheville, NC 1 mapped listingVirginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 1 mapped listing (all states, all layers)
Charlotte 7Fayetteville 3Kings Mountain 2Maiden 2Raleigh 2Rockingham 2Asheville 1Claremont 1Conover 1Cumnock 1Enfield 1Forest City 1
Counties in the facility registerBuncombe 1Burke 1Caldwell 1Catawba 5Cleveland 2Cumberland 4Edgecombe 2Forsyth 2Guilford 1Halifax 1Iredell 2Lee 2Mecklenburg 7Person 1Richmond 2Rockingham 1Rowan 2Rutherford 1Stokes 1Vance 1Wake 4Yadkin 1
Flexential 4Microsoft 4Segra 3Energy Storage Solutions 2Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. 1Amazon Web Services 1American Tower 1Apple 1
  1. Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) Fayetteville Data Center

    Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc.

    421 Maiden Lane · Fayetteville · Cumberland County · North Carolina · 28301

    source-reported operationalCapacity not statedSource updated 29 August 2026approximate location
    View lead →Facility record →dcd-dir-000024
  2. Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus

    Amazon Web Services

    Airport Road · Rockingham · Richmond County · North Carolina

    source-reported under constructionCapacity not statedSource updated 24 September 2026approximate location
    View lead →Facility record →dcd-dir-000161
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Separate layer

Also listed by operators

Sites that operators list on their own websites and that are not rows in the licensed directory above. They are kept apart and never added to the licensed rows.

20 operator-listed sites (mixed units; not added to licensed rows) in North Carolina →

6 of these sites have no supported coordinate. The map does not invent a pin or a metro placement for them.

North Carolina evidence at a glance

A few checked sites

Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.

Published project / campus
1
Published facility / building
0
Attributed or unresolved rows
0
Licensed directory leads
46 not independently verified
Capacity boundary stated
0 of 1 published DataCenterData rows
Review timing
Audit through 12 September 2026 · next 15 February 2027
Known coverage gap

No list of qualifying or eligible data centers, certificate numbers or recipient companies was found.

Browse all 46 North Carolina licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →

Campuses

1 campus record. Names are as they appear on each record page.

Campuses published for North Carolina
Record / rolesStatusCapacity / scalePrimary evidence
Apple Maiden Data Center CampusOperator: Apple operatingcampus UnknownNo independently supported figureNo data-center MW value appears in the opened County source; adjacent generation is not campus capacity. Catawba County joint statement on data center development →Gov. record

Where the records were checked

Statewide audit pending

A few checked sites

This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.

Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.

State research audit window ended 12 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.

Next scheduled coverage review: 15 February 2027.

1 independently source-linked project/campus record; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.

Source families checked, selected records and remaining gaps

These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.

  • Economic development incentives — Partly checked
    • No list of qualifying or eligible data centers, certificate numbers or recipient companies was found.
    • County-level economic development announcements were not swept; the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep before this family could be pursued further.

    Selected records

  • Utility commission and large-load records — Partly checked
    • NCUC docket portal, recent filings page and portal root could not be retrieved during review; no docket, order, tariff or electric service agreement was read from the commission itself.
    • The Microsoft Person County large-load contract is reported to be filed under seal at NCUC and no capacity is public.
    • No Duke Energy large-load tariff filing or integrated resource plan was read.

    Selected records

  • Environmental and construction permits — Checked
    • The draft permits, permit reviews, permit applications and community engagement reports referenced by the DEQ notice were not reached; the division page carries no direct link to them and the AccessDEQ portal and permitted facility GIS search were not used.
    • No water withdrawal, stormwater or construction general permit notices were searched for any North Carolina data center.

    Selected records

  • Local planning, assessor and map records — Partly checked
    • City of Raleigh and City of Statesville websites could not be retrieved during review, so no rezoning or site plan case file was read for Radius DC Raleigh I or Compass Statesville.
    • No county record was obtained for the Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Iredell, Stokes, Forsyth, Rowan, Vance, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Lee or Person County proposals.
    • No assessor parcel record was retrieved for any research lead other than Meta Forest City.
    • the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep for this state, so county case pages could only be reached by guessing domains.

    Selected records

  • Tax abatements and development agreements — Partly checked
    • No JDIG award document, county incentive agreement or local tax abatement agreement naming a data center was read.
    • Richmond County's reported local tax breaks for the Amazon campus were not confirmed against a county agreement.

    Selected records

  • Operator disclosures — Checked
    • Meta's Forest City info sheet was not retrieved (unavailable during review).
    • Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and the colocation operators' own pages were not yet reviewed directly; those research leads rest on the dataset extract or on county records.

    Selected records

  • Open datasets and directories — Checked
    • No unlicensed directory listing was consulted for North Carolina.

    Selected records

  • Closures, withdrawals and former names — Partly checked
    • Only one withdrawal account (the Rural Hall planning board recommendation) was retrieved directly; the other cancellations rest on the dataset extract.
    • No county or town case file confirming any withdrawal was read.
    • No sweep was made for North Carolina data center closures or demolitions.

    Selected records

  • News and other discovery — Partly checked
    • the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep during North Carolina, so news discovery for the remaining leads relied on the dataset's own source lists.

    Selected records

Local evidence by place

Licensed and operator listings, reviewed records, answers and local policy for each place. Listings overlap and are not added; a place without a line here has no published local evidence.

No local evidence answer, reviewed record or local policy record is published for Asheville, Claremont, Conover, Cumnock, Enfield, Fayetteville, Forest City, Kings Mountain, Raleigh, Rockingham. Their listings above are source listings to investigate. No statewide evidence answer is published for North Carolina either; statewide rules are under Policy tracker below.

1 North Carolina answer is not tied to a published record, so it is not placed here: North Carolina answers.

Policy tracker

North Carolina policy records

12 sourced records are associated with this state context. They are grouped below as current, pending and nonbinding, and history, and each card shows its relevant date. These are not facility counts and do not cover every locality.

Current 5 records

Recorded as in effect on the dataset date. This does not mean every project in a represented state is restricted or approved.

Enacted legislation or regulation

S.L. 2026-41 s. 44.4 repeals datacenter electricity exemptions

In effect · North Carolina · State

Effective: 7 July 2026

Issuing authority: North Carolina General Assembly

Section 44.4 of North Carolina Session Law 2026-41, approved on 7 July 2026, repealed the sales tax exemptions for electricity used at eligible internet datacenters and qualifying datacenters by striking the electricity language from G.S. 105-164.13(55) and (55a), and took effect when it became law.

Read the sourced record · Primary source

Local construction moratorium · Chatham County only (local rule)

Chatham County: 12-month pause on data center and cryptocurrency mining permitting (File 26-0061)

In effect · Unincorporated Chatham County, North Carolina · Local

Effective: 11 February 2026

Issuing authority: Chatham County Board of Commissioners

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 on 11 February 2026, after a legislative hearing the same day, to approve an ordinance instituting a temporary moratorium on the permitting of data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations and associated uses.

Read the sourced record · Primary source

Pending or nonbinding 7 records

Adopted measures with unverified effect, adopted future measures, open proceedings, proposals, drafts and nonbinding context stay separate from current rules.

Reporting or resource-use requirement

NCDOR notice on the datacenter electricity-exemption repeal

Informational—not binding · North Carolina · State

Source document: 23 July 2026

Issuing authority: North Carolina Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Division

On 23 July 2026 the North Carolina Department of Revenue issued an Important Notice explaining the repeal of the sales tax exemptions for electricity used at certified datacenters by Session Law 2026-41.

Read the sourced record · Primary source

Legislation introduced (any outcome)

H 1063 (2025 Session): Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act (pending in committee)

Proposed · North Carolina · State

Last checked: 30 October 2026

Issuing authority: North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina House Bill 1063, filed in the 2025 Session, would regulate large-scale data centers to protect ratepayers, water resources and grid reliability, including on-site clean generation, cost-based rates, infrastructure cost responsibility, disclosures and reporting.

Read the sourced record · Primary source

Federal and multistate

Federal and multistate instruments that cover all or part of North Carolina

These federal, reliability-organization and multistate grid or utility instruments are stored once and listed for every jurisdiction they name. They do not add to the record count, in-effect total or map shading for North Carolina. Territorial coverage does not establish that an instrument applies to any particular site, utility or project.

Reporting or resource-use requirement · Listed coverage: part of North Carolina

PJM: Large Load definition and registry accepted by FERC; capacity and curtailment rules rejected (ER26-3515)

In effect · PJM region (multistate) · Regional grid

Effective: 12 October 2026

Issuing authority: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

On 9 October 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted, effective 12 October 2026, PJM's definition of a Large Load at a cumulative peak of 50 MW and a Large Load Registry that requires load-serving entities to report on the Large Loads they serve, which the order says covers all such loads regardless of in-service date.

Read the sourced record · Primary source

Open the North Carolina policy comparison

Review dates: the 12 North Carolina records were last checked 22 September 2026 to 30 October 2026. 4 scheduled reviews are overdue as of the tracker date 3 November 2026: NCDOR notice on the datacenter electricity-exemption repeal, S.L. 2026-41 s. 44.4 repeals datacenter electricity exemptions (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 23 October 2026); Quarterly datacenter electricity-tax reporting (S.L. 2026-42), Sales tax exemptions for datacenter equipment (G.S. 105-164.13) (last checked 22 September 2026, review due 22 October 2026). Overdue means not re-read yet, not changed. No single record, and not this list, establishes complete statewide policy coverage.

Public statements

Public statements about North Carolina

A linked, archived, or paraphrased social post is not itself proof. This assessment is not a Claims & facts verdict.

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