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Data centers in North Carolina
Every site we track in North Carolina, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count90sites tracked (51 operating, 10 under construction, 29 announced)
0sites with sourced construction jobs so far
Sum of 4 sitesat least 1,075permanent jobs committed or forecast at 4 sites, not yet confirmed as filled
Sum of 4 sites$12.8 billionannounced investment at 4 sites
What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until North Carolina certifies them.
Sites in North Carolina
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus Amazon Web Services | Richmond | Under construction | not stated | at least 500 |
| Meta Forest City Data Center Meta | Rutherford | Operating | not stated | more than 275 |
| Compass Statesville Campus Compass Datacenters | Iredell | Announced | not stated | 250 |
| Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud) Apple | Catawba | Operating | not stated | at least 50 |
| 801 Main Street, Lenoir Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| AWS Richmond County (Energy Way) Amazon Web Services | Richmond | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) Fayetteville Data Center Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. | Cumberland | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Amazon Hamlet Data Center Amazon Web Services | Richmond | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| American Express Whitsett Data Center (IPC2) American Express | Guilford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| American Tower RA1 American Tower Corporation | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| American Tower Reedy Creek Data Center (East Charlotte) American Tower | Mecklenburg | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Apple Person County Mega Park (land) Apple | Person | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Apple Reserch Triangle Park Data Center Apple | Wake | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| BB&T Data Center Prime Data Centers | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Brandaleone Lab for Data and Visualization Owner not yet confirmed | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CENTRA CLT01, Charlotte NC (701 E Trade) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| CLT2 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Core Scientific Marble Data Center Core Scientific | Cherokee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CoreWeave Marble NC CoreWeave | Operating | not stated | not stated |
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| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne NC-1 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| CyrusOne Raleigh-Durham I (DUR1) CyrusOne | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DC74-CLT4 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DartPoints Asheville (AVL01) DartPoints | Buncombe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DartPoints Asheville, NC, AVL1 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) Data Journey | Catawba | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) Deep River Data | Lee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| DigiPower X Hildebran Data Center (Cline Park Court) DigiPower X Inc. (formerly Digihost) | Burke | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Digital Reality Charlotte Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Mecklenburg | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Digital Realty CLT (113 N Myers St) Digital Realty | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Digital Realty CLT10 (113 North Myers Street) Digital Realty | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus Digital Realty | Mecklenburg | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Dynamic Quest Greensboro Data Center Dynamic Quest | Guilford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ERC Broadband Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Energy Storage Solutions Fayetteville AI Data Center Campus Energy Storage Solutions | Cumberland | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Enovum Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Rockingham | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Charlotte, North (CLT04/05) Flexential | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Charlotte, South (CLT01/02/03) Flexential | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Raleigh (RAL02/RAL03) Flexential | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) Flexential | Rowan | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| GIGA Data Centers Mooresville Campus GIGA Data Centers | Iredell | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Google Lenoir Data Center Google | Caldwell | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) HB2K LLC (Honey Badger Development) | Cleveland | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| ImpactData Greensboro ImpactData | Guilford | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus Energy Storage Solutions | Edgecombe | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Kyndryl Research Triangle Park Data Center Kyndryl | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Level 3 Communications Owner not yet confirmed | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Level(3) Raleigh Lumen Technologies | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Long Ferry Road Data Center Campus (Rowan County) Undisclosed developer | Rowan | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Greensboro 1 Lumen Technologies | Guilford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Mapletree 5,150 McCrimmon Data Center Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Meta Meta | Rutherford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Conover Data Center Microsoft | Catawba | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Hickory Data Center Microsoft | Catawba | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Maiden Data Center Microsoft | Catawba | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Person County Mega Park Microsoft | Person | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Natelli Investments Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Vance | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Natelli Vance County Campus (proposed) Natelli Investments | Vance | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Newton Data Center Microsoft | Catawba | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) PRSM Group | Cumberland | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Person County Mega Site Microsoft | Person | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Plan C Crypto Fayetteville (Dedication Drive) Plan C Crypto | Cumberland | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| PointOne Lower Moncure Road Data Center (Lee County) PointOne | Lee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| PowerHouse Charlotte Campus PowerHouse Data Centers | Mecklenburg | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) PrimeBlock | Cherokee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Project Agate Microsoft | Catawba | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Project Delta Data Center, Stokes County Undisclosed (rezoning applicant: Engineered Land Solutions) | Stokes | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project Pine Microsoft | Catawba | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project Q, Quiet Data Centers Enfield (Halifax County) Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc. | Halifax | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project Yoga Microsoft | Catawba | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Radius DC Raleigh I Undisclosed (annexation petitioner: Radius DC Raleigh I) | Wake | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Segra Charlotte Data Center (International Airport Drive) Segra | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Segra Kannapolis Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Segra Raleigh Data Center (Garner Station Boulevard) Segra | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Segra Winston-Salem Data Center Segra | Forsyth | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Spectrum Charlotte National Data Center Charter Communications | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| T5@Charlotte T5 Data Centers | Cleveland | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TAPAHA DYNAMICS, LLC Owner not yet confirmed | Caldwell | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Terra Nexus Custer Avenue Data Center (Fayetteville) Terra Nexus Ventures | Cumberland | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Terra Nexus Rockingham Data Center (Old Cheraw Highway) Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC | Richmond | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Charlotte, Center Park TierPoint | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Charlotte, North Myers TierPoint | Mecklenburg | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Raleigh (Departure Drive) TierPoint | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Raleigh, RTP TierPoint | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Triangle Innovation Point West Data Center Campus Eco TIP West LLC | Chatham | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| WhiteFiber NC-1 AI Data Center Campus WhiteFiber (Bit Digital) | Rockingham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| WhiteFiber NC-2 / NC-3 Data Center Campuses (Yadkinville) WhiteFiber (Enovum Data Centers Corp.) | Yadkin | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Windstream Communications Owner not yet confirmed | Durham | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| iGLASS Networks Owner not yet confirmed | Wake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| vXchnge Raleigh-Durham (NC01) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
BuncombeBurkeCaldwellCatawbaChathamCherokeeClevelandCumberlandDurhamEdgecombeForsythGuilfordHalifaxIredellLeeMecklenburgPersonRichmondRockinghamRowanRutherfordStokesVanceWake
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What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in North Carolina: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
Grants back 50% of real property and 85% of equipment taxes (10 years) (Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud)).
- In writing
- 1 sourced tax incentive record from state and local filings. See the records
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
- Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud): Grants back 50% of real property and 85% of equipment taxes (10 years).
From 1 signed or approved incentive record in our sources for this state. Terms are as published; we have not audited whether commitments were met.
Your officials in North Carolina
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Valerie P. Foushee D
U.S. Representative · NC-4 · 11 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-1784
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Addison P. McDowell R
U.S. Representative · NC-6 · 4 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-3065
Gregory F. Murphy R
U.S. Representative · NC-3 · 0 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-3415
Incoming in January 2027
Roy Cooper D
U.S. Senator-elect · 90 sites represented
Quote
"Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers." source
Jamie Ager D
U.S. Representative-elect · NC-11 · 6 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"short term moratorium on new data centers until we have clear rules in place to protect our communities." source