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Data centers in North Carolina: projects, fights & moratoriums
Projects tracked5
Blocked or withdrawn2
Moratoriums / limits3
Upcoming hearings2
Projects
- Project Iron Spur (Forsyth County): blocked. Forsyth County Commission voted 5-2 to deny rezoning of ~129 acres for a hyperscale campus
- New Hill Digital Campus (190 acres) (Wake County): withdrawn. Developer withdrew annexation and rezoning applications citing zoning changes, after protests and petitions
- Meta Forest City Data Center (Rutherford County): operating. Operating campus (opened 2012)
- Google Lenoir campus (Caldwell County): operating. Operating campus
- AWS Richmond County NC campus (Richmond County): under construction. NC DAQ issued air permits for 588 Amazon backup generators and 57 Duke bridge generators after raucous hearing
Upcoming hearings & votes
- 2026-11-02: King City Council, Public hearing on extending the data center moratorium beyond 60 days
- 2026-11-05: Guilford County Board of Commissioners, Vote on a proposed 180-day data center moratorium (many residents asked for 32 months)
Moratoriums & local limits
- Surry County: moratorium, adopted 2026-06-01
- Davie County: moratorium, adopted 2026-07-06
- Mount Airy: moratorium, adopted 2026-07-16