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North Carolina Data Center Investment Tracker

Name: North Carolina Data Center Investment and Capital-at-Risk Record
Creator: SAVRN
Published: 2026-08-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

North Carolina carries 10 named site commitments worth at least $42.4B in disclosed capital, set against 45 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 9 cancelled or blocked and 32 delayed or under moratorium, as of October 8, 2026.

Updated October 8, 2026 10 named sites 45 blocked, delayed or restricted 5 financing transactions 130 sources

North Carolina

9 capital providers on record

Named sites

Site-level commitments the atlas records in North Carolina

Disclosed capital floor

$42.4B

Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted

Disclosed capacity

3,089 MW

Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure

Blocked, delayed or restricted

$68.0B of announced capital in those projects

Who is investing

Who is investing in data centers in North Carolina?

The largest disclosed commitments in North Carolina are Tract (Tract Mooresville project, $30.0B); Amazon (AWS) (AWS data center campus, Energy Way Industrial Park (Airport Road), Hamlet, ~$10.0B); Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC (Terra Nexus Rockingham data center (316 Old Cheraw Highway), $1.2B). Together the 10 named sites here carry a disclosed floor of $42.4B; sites with no dollar figure are listed but not counted.

Tract 1 site · $30.0B Amazon (AWS) 1 site · $10.0B CyrusOne 1 site · $900M WhiteFiber, Inc. 2 sites · $60M Compass Datacenters 1 site

Named sites

Named data center sites in North Carolina

Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.

Site	Capital provider	Place	Capital	MW	Status
Tract Mooresville project Q4 2024, impact realized 2025	Tract	Mooresville, Iredell	$30.0B	1,500	cancelled
AWS data center campus, Energy Way Industrial Park (Airport Road), Hamlet Air permits issued 28 August 2026; project announced June 2025	Amazon (AWS) with Duke Energy, Richmond County	Hamlet, Richmond County	~$10.0B	n.a.	under construction
Terra Nexus Rockingham data center (316 Old Cheraw Highway) Approved 4-1 at the council hearing set for 8 September 2026; reported 13 September 2026	Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC	Rockingham, Richmond County	$1.2B	460	approved
PointOne / CyrusOne data center, 4015 Lower Moncure Road (Phase I) Project announced 8 June 2026; building permit dated 25 September 2026; reported 29 September 2026; single outlet	CyrusOne with PointOne, Helix Ventures (developer)	Sanford, Lee County	≥$900M	90	approved
Quiet Data Centers Halifax (Project Halifax) Approved 5-1 on Monday 14 September 2026; reported 15 September 2026; single-outlet report (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)	Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc. (Project Halifax LLC) with Halifax County	Enfield, Halifax County	≥$250M	n.a.	approved
NC-2 and NC-3 campuses, Yadkin County Definitive agreement announced 17 August 2026; closing expected Q4 2026	WhiteFiber, Inc.	Yadkinville, Yadkin County	$60M	60	announced
Natelli Holdings data center (former Triangle North Vance, US 158 and Poplar Creek Road) Site plan filed Thursday 10 September 2026; reported 11 September 2026; county moratorium adopted 14 September 2026; single-outlet report (Henderson Daily Dispatch)	Natelli Holdings with Duke Energy (utility coordination)	Near Henderson, Vance County	n.a.	900	preliminary site plan filed
Flexential Henderson Grove Church Road data center Rezoning approved Tuesday 6 October 2026 (Salisbury Post, 7 October 2026)	Flexential with Trammell Crow Company (property owner), Salisbury-Rowan Utilities	Salisbury, Rowan County	n.a.	55	approved
NC-1 campus, Madison Nscale agreement announced 18 December 2025	WhiteFiber, Inc. with Nscale	Madison, Rockingham County	n.a.	24	operating
Compass Statesville project	Compass Datacenters	Statesville	n.a.	n.a.	announced

Capital at risk

Blocked, delayed or restricted in North Carolina

Every project in North Carolina on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.

Project	Developer	Jurisdiction	Action	Capital
Tract Mooresville cancelled Q4 2024 (impact 2025)	Tract	Iredell County	Cancelled after Mooresville Public Utilities denied capacity allocation	$30.0B
Edgecombe County AI data center (Kingsboro) withdrawn Withdrawal disclosed 6 July 2026; reported 15 July 2026	Energy Storage Solutions	Edgecombe County	Developer Energy Storage Solutions withdrew its proposed $19.2 billion AI data center in the Kingsboro development area, according to the county manager at the 6 July 2026 commissioners meeting. The county board had denied a special use permit for an eight-phase, 300 MW campus on a 52-acre parcel late in 2025, which the developer appealed. At the same meeting commissioners discussed a 24-month moratorium on new data centers, with a public hearing planned for August 2026	~$19.2B
Amazon Richmond County data center diesel generator air permits challenge litigation Air permits issued 28 August 2026; SELC contested case petitions filed Friday 25 September 2026 (News & Observer, 26 September 2026); pending	Amazon (Duke Energy holds the temporary generator permit)	North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (appeal of NC DEQ air permits)	NC DEQ issued two air quality permits on 28 August 2026: one to Amazon for 588 backup diesel generators and one to Duke Energy for 57 generators to power the data center temporarily until it is connected to the grid. The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Richmond County Coalition for Justice and Black Empowerment, then filed two petitions with the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings asking that both permits be revoked, arguing that splitting the roughly 645 generators into two permits evades Clean Air Act requirements; SELC cites a Duke and Amazon contract giving Amazon some control over when Duke's generators run. DEQ has said the permits serve different purposes on different time horizons and belong to different companies.	≥$10.0B
Energy Storage Solutions Town of Tarboro denied September 15, 2025	Energy Storage Solutions	Town of Tarboro	The Tarboro Town Council rejected a Special Use Permit for Energy Storage Solutions' proposed 300MW, eight-phase data center on a 52-acre site near Anaconda and McNair roads by a 7-1 vote.	$6.4B
New Hill Digital Campus moratorium August 1, 2025	Natelli Investments LLC	Wake County	Natelli Investments LLC withdrew its annexation and rezoning applications for the New Hill Digital Campus on March 5, 2026, a 190-acre, 250-300 MW data center on Shearon Harris Road near Apex, NC.	$1.0B
232 Car Farm Road moratorium Aug 10 2026	n.a.	Lincolnton	Proposed one-year moratorium delayed; hearing rescheduled	$600M
gas turbine proposal near Amazon data center denied Sep 18, 2026	Duke Energy	NC regulators	denied Duke Energy’s $584 million gas turbine proposal	$584M
Quiet Data Centers Halifax AI data center (301 Industrial Site) approved after delay Amended agreement failed 3-3 six days before; approved 5-1 on Monday 14 September 2026	Quiet Data Centers Halifax	Halifax County	Halifax County commissioners voted 5-1 to schedule a 19 October 2026 legislative hearing on a possible data center moratorium. The county previously approved a $1.7 million land sale to Quiet Data Centers Halifax for an 88 MW AI data center on 251 acres. The county attorney cautioned that a moratorium before site plan submission could expose the county to interference claims. No moratorium has been adopted.	≥$250M
Alamance County data center moratorium moratorium Aug 17 2026	n.a.	Alamance County	County commissioners voted 5-0 on 17 August 2026 to adopt a one-year moratorium on consideration of data center proposals, extending the six-month version taken to public hearing. The county attorney described the pause as time to research local effects. The proposal covered developments requiring 10 MW or more.	n.a.
Apex project withdrawn Apr 28 2026	Natelli	Apex / Wake County	Withdrawn after opposition; one-year moratorium enacted	n.a.
Asheville one-year data center moratorium moratorium Imposed at a council meeting the week before 2 July 2026 (June 2026); one year	n.a.	Asheville City Council	The Asheville City Council imposed a one-year moratorium on construction of data centers after council members and speakers raised questions about water and power use, neighborhood impacts and utility rates. Buncombe County had earlier restricted data center construction after its own moratorium.	n.a.
Beaufort County one-year data center moratorium moratorium Adopted 6-1 on Monday 5 October 2026; one year	n.a. (county-wide action)	Beaufort County Board of Commissioners	Beaufort County commissioners voted 6-1 on Monday 5 October 2026 for a one-year moratorium under which the county will not accept, process or approve applications for the establishment, construction, expansion or operation of a data center. Commissioner Hood Richardson voted against. Commissioners said they intend to write an ordinance addressing noise and electricity during the pause.	n.a.
Boiling Spring Lakes one-year data center moratorium moratorium Adopted Monday 8 June 2026 (Carolina Public Press, Thursday 11 June 2026, 'on Monday'); one year; single outlet	n.a.	City of Boiling Spring Lakes	The coastal town of Boiling Spring Lakes in Brunswick County adopted a year-long data center moratorium despite having no prior proposals from developers, as reported by Carolina Public Press. A moratorium had been proposed in May 2026.	n.a.
Cary 18-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved 27 August 2026; 18 months	n.a.	Cary Town Council	The Cary Town Council unanimously approved an 18-month moratorium on all data center development so staff can study power demand and grid capacity, water use, noise and vibration, and site design, and draft an ordinance. It is the longest data center pause in the Triangle, and leaders expect to reconsider data center development in February 2028. Raleigh leaders on 15 September 2026 directed the city attorney to draft a six-month moratorium for discussion on 6 October 2026.	n.a.
Charlotte 150-day data center moratorium moratorium 150-day moratorium enacted June 2026, expires 5 November 2026; 11-month extension through 11 October 2027 proposed, public hearing set 28 September 2026 for 12 October 2026; not adopted	n.a.	City of Charlotte	Charlotte City Council passed a 150-day moratorium on new data centers in early June 2026, expiring 5 November 2026. A staff study submitted 1 September found impacts vary by facility type, and on 8 September 2026 the council's Transportation Planning and Development Committee approved a staff request to seek an extension of up to nine months. WFAE reported a full council vote was scheduled for 14 September 2026, but WSOC reported that the full council must approve the committee recommendation, hold a public hearing and then vote. On 16 September 2026 WCNC reported the pause was still scheduled to expire 5 November 2026 and that city leaders had discussed a nine-month extension; no adoption of the extension was reported. On Monday 28 September 2026 the council set a public hearing for 12 October 2026 on extending the moratorium by 11 months, through 11 October 2027; the council will vote after the hearing.	n.a.
Columbus County 120-day data center moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously 5 October 2026; 120 days; single outlet	n.a.	Columbus County	Columbus County commissioners unanimously approved a 120-day moratorium on certain data center development on Monday 5 October 2026 after a public hearing. The pause applies to data centers and similar high-intensity data processing facilities outside municipal limits and municipal extraterritorial planning areas, while the county studies effects on utilities, natural resources and nearby properties.	n.a.
Cumberland County six-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted 7-0 on 15 June 2026; runs through 15 December 2026	n.a.	Cumberland County Board of Commissioners	Cumberland County commissioners adopted a six-month data center moratorium that expires in December 2026. In Fayetteville, the city council held a public hearing on proposed data center rules on 10 August 2026 but could not reach consensus on a moratorium and scheduled a special meeting on data centers by the end of October. CityView reported the Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 for the moratorium, which covers unincorporated areas through 15 December 2026. On 10 August 2026 the Fayetteville City Council voted 7-3 to have staff revise proposed data center regulations for reconsideration by late October and voted against reconsidering a moratorium.	n.a.
Durham County data center moratorium moratorium Adopted 24 August 2026	n.a.	Durham County	County commissioners voted 4-1 on 24 August 2026, after a public hearing at which 63 residents signed up to speak, to adopt a nine-month moratorium on new large-scale data centers running through May 2027 and aligned with the City of Durham's parallel pause. The measure does not apply to facilities under 100,000 sq ft that use closed-loop cooling and no diesel backup generation. The dissenting vote came from a commissioner who judged the measure insufficient.	n.a.
Edgecombe County two-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved 3 August 2026; two years	n.a.	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County commissioners approved a two-year data center moratorium in August 2026, running through 3 August 2028. The Rocky Mount Telegram later cited it as a precedent for Nash County's pause.	n.a.
Farmville data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026	n.a.	Farmville	Farmville, North Carolina, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. 12-month moratorium on data-center development, approved unanimously by the town's Board of Commissioners to allow staff time to research impacts and draft ordinance language, after East Energy Renewables (headquartered in Farmville) pitched a data-center network to town leaders in February. The measure runs to 3 August 2027.	n.a.
Greensboro data center moratorium moratorium Aug 2026	n.a.	Greensboro	City council enacted a six-month data center moratorium in August 2026 following a 17 August public hearing. The ordinance taken to hearing covered data centers with electrical demand above 10 MW. WFDD reported the moratorium adds uncertainty for the long-delayed ImpactData Dream Center at Gateway Research Park, whose site plan had already expired and which had received more than half a million dollars in city incentives.	n.a.
Hendersonville 12-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted 3 September 2026; up to 12 months	n.a.	City of Hendersonville	Hendersonville City Council unanimously adopted a 12-month moratorium on data center development after a public hearing scheduled for 3 September 2026. The pause covers city building, zoning, and special use permits for data centers. Staff presented a research plan for the year.	n.a.
Hildebran 12-month data center moratorium (DigiPower X site) moratorium Moratorium adopted 24 August 2026; 12 months	DigiPower X	Town of Hildebran	Hildebran Town Council unanimously imposed a 12-month moratorium on development approvals for Critical Digital Infrastructure Facilities on 24 August 2026, after a public hearing, while town leaders study data center costs and benefits. The pause temporarily blocks DigiPower X's planned AI data center campus on about 40 acres near a major electrical switchyard; in a 14 August 2026 investor report the company said it was advancing development planning for the site, with about 75 MW planned for 2029 and another 75 MW for 2030. The town had replaced its cryptocurrency mining rules in March 2026 with a conditional zoning ordinance for critical digital infrastructure facilities, and residents presented a petition seeking a moratorium in July 2026	n.a.
Hillsborough two-month data center moratorium moratorium Passed by late May 2026 (reported 29 May 2026 by Chapelboro, not fetched; confirmed by Carolina Public Press 11 June 2026); two months, so likely expired by August 2026 unless extended	n.a.	Town of Hillsborough	The Town of Hillsborough passed a two-month moratorium on data centers to allow time to adopt planning ordinances that specifically define them, although the town had received no data center requests. Mayor Mark Bell said the town's constrained water and sewer capacity could not support a hyperscale data center.	n.a.
Jackson County one-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved 18 August 2026; through 18 August 2027	n.a.	Jackson County Board of Commissioners	Jackson County commissioners approved a one-year moratorium barring zoning, development, building and demolition permits for data centers, acceptance of related site plans and rezonings for data center use. County planners said the pause allows study before a data center arrives under existing rules.	n.a.
Kings Mountain data center moratorium extension moratorium Extended by 6-1 vote reported 25 August 2026; one year	n.a.	City of Kings Mountain	Kings Mountain extended its existing data center moratorium by one year on 25 August 2026. The original moratorium ran 182 days. The North State Journal listed the extension in its count of North Carolina local pauses.	n.a.
McDowell County six-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved 31 August 2026; six months	n.a.	McDowell County	McDowell County commissioners unanimously approved a six-month pause on data center development after a 31 August 2026 public hearing. Staff had suggested up to 12 months. The county manager said the action is a temporary pause, not a denial of data centers.	n.a.
Mooresville data center cancelled August 13, 2025	Tract	Mooresville	Denver-based Tract proposed the $30B Mooresville Technology Park on 400 acres of undeveloped land owned by Teresa Earnhardt, widow of NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt.	n.a.
Nash County data center and cryptocurrency mining moratorium moratorium Adopted September 2026 (reported 9 September 2026); through 30 June 2027	n.a.	Nash County	The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a temporary moratorium on data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining, and similar uses in unincorporated areas. It took effect immediately and runs until 30 June 2027 or until new zoning rules are adopted. Staff will prepare recommendations for the county's Unified Development Ordinance update.	n.a.
Newport data center and cryptocurrency mining moratorium moratorium Approved 4-0 on 10 September 2026 (one member absent); reported 16 September 2026; at least one year	n.a.	Town of Newport	The Newport Town Council approved a moratorium of at least one year on data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining, and associated uses. Officials said the town's Unified Development Ordinance does not address data centers. They said the action does not permanently prohibit them. The Carteret County News-Times reported four of five council members, with Timmy Quillen absent, approved the moratorium on Thursday 10 September 2026; it covers the town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction.	n.a.
Northampton County 32-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved 4 May 2026; 32 months; single outlet	n.a.	Northampton County Board of Commissioners	Northampton County commissioners unanimously approved a 32-month moratorium on data centers at their 4 May 2026 meeting. The agenda had proposed a 12-month pause, and commissioners lengthened it after residents delivered a petition with about 300 signatures and a Southern Environmental Law Center attorney spoke in favor. Commissioners also backed an advisory committee that includes residents.	n.a.
Project Accelerate data center (East John Street near I-485) withdrawn Rezoning petition withdrawn 7 October 2025	Crosland Southeast (development team)	Town of Matthews	Matthews Mayor John Higdon said on Tuesday 7 October 2025 that the developer had withdrawn its rezoning application for the 123-acre Project Accelerate data center near I-485 and East John Street. A Crosland Southeast spokesperson said the development team requested withdrawal of the rezoning petition to allow additional time to explore options, and a community meeting set for 9 October 2025 was cancelled. The withdrawal followed a contentious community open house.	n.a.
Project Delta approved after delay January 2026 rezoning voided; moratorium rejected July 2026; Planning Board recommended denial 5-2 on 13 August 2026; rezoning reapproved 3-2 on 14 September 2026	Engineered Land Solutions	Stokes County	Jan rezoning voided by court; six-month moratorium proposal rejected Stokes County commissioners voted 3-2 on 14 September 2026 to approve the Project Delta rezoning of about 1,800 acres of farmland near Walnut Cove for developer Engineered Land Solutions. It was the board's second vote, after the January 2026 approval was voided following a legal challenge Stokes County commissioners rejected a proposed six-month data center moratorium on 13 July 2026, and the Project Delta rezoning was refiled in July 2026. The Stokes County Planning Board voted 5-2 on 13 August 2026 to recommend denying the refiled Project Delta rezoning. On 14 September 2026 the Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to rezone roughly 1,800 acres in Walnut Cove for developer Engineered Land Solutions, the same margin as its January 2026 approval, which had been voided over a procedural issue. Chairman Wayne Barneycastle and Commissioner Brad Chandler voted no. A Southern Coalition for Social Justice attorney would not say whether another lawsuit is planned.	n.a.
Raleigh six-month large-scale data center moratorium moratorium Approved 7-1 on 6 October 2026; six months, through 6 April 2027 as drafted	n.a.	City of Raleigh	The Raleigh City Council voted 7-1 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, with Councilmember Christina Jones opposed, to impose a six-month moratorium on approvals for certain large-scale data centers while the city studies effects on utilities, the environment and neighborhoods. Small standalone facilities with no on-site personnel, a footprint of 10,000 sq ft or less and peak demand of 5 MW or less are exempt, as are qualifying internal server facilities. Advocates had sought a 32-month pause. As drafted, the moratorium runs through 6 April 2027.	n.a.
Rowan County one-year data center moratorium moratorium Passed 20 April 2026 (second approval required); expires 4 May 2027; Carolina Public Press (11 June 2026) reports the moratorium as passed	n.a.	Rowan County Board of Commissioners	Rowan County commissioners passed a one-year data center moratorium on Monday 20 April 2026 that prohibits any zoning or rezoning for data center purposes; because one commissioner left before the vote it required a second approval. The moratorium runs to 4 May 2027, with planning board recommendations due by 8 February 2027. Under North Carolina law it does not apply to the Long Ferry Road data center development already in process.	n.a.
Rural Hall data center rezoning rejected Rezoning denied 5-2; reported 30 July 2026	n.a.	Forsyth County	Forsyth County commissioners voted 5-2 to deny a rezoning request that would have allowed a hyperscale data center in Rural Hall after months of deliberation. Commissioners said they received nearly 400 individual comments, with opponents citing environmental impacts, noise, water use and quality of life. Supporters pointed to the tax base and landowner rights.	n.a.
Southeast Raleigh data center annexation (Jones Sausage Road) withdrawn Annexation request withdrawn Friday 14 August 2026; reported 17 and 18 August 2026	n.a.	City of Raleigh	An annexation request for a proposed data center of nearly 100,000 square feet in southeast Raleigh was withdrawn before City Council consideration. More than 130 people had signed up to speak against it. Charlotte-based Beacon Partners, a partial owner of the property, said it was not involved in the project. The developer was not identified. WUNC reported the developer ended its annexation request on Friday 14 August 2026 for a three-story, 100,000-square-foot, $180 million data center at 3101 Jones Sausage Road.	n.a.
Southport 15-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved 10 September 2026; 15 months	n.a.	City of Southport	The Southport Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on 10 September 2026 to bar new data center approvals for 15 months. The Planning Board had requested the pause in July so staff could develop land-use standards.	n.a.
Statesville 180-day data center moratorium moratorium Second reading approved unanimously on 14 September 2026; effective immediately; runs 180 days	n.a.	City of Statesville	Statesville City Council unanimously approved the second reading of a 180-day moratorium on data centers on 14 September 2026, and the moratorium took effect that day. It covers the acceptance, processing and approval of development applications for data centers and does not affect previously approved data centers. The original proposal called for 150 days and was lengthened to 180 days; council approved the first reading unanimously in August 2026. The pause gives staff time to review development regulations, which do not currently address data centers.	n.a.
Surry County two-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved Monday 20 July 2026 (reported 21 July 2026); two years	n.a.	Surry County Board of Commissioners	Surry County commissioners unanimously approved a two-year moratorium on data center development, extending an earlier 60-day pause. The extension requires the board to appoint a steering committee to research data centers and advise commissioners.	n.a.
Town of Franklin one-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved 6 July 2026; one year	n.a.	Franklin Town Council	Franklin's Town Council approved a one-year moratorium on development of new data centers after a public hearing at which commenters overwhelmingly supported the pause. The council will use the time to explore controls such as requiring developers to power and cool facilities without stressing local utilities. Macon County later chose to amend its ordinance rather than adopt a moratorium.	n.a.
Town of Waxhaw 12-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted August 2026	n.a.	Town of Waxhaw	The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 11, 2026 for a 12-month halt on accepting, processing or approving applications for data centers, crypto-mining facilities and related digital infrastructure. No project had been proposed.	n.a.
Triangle Innovation Park West (TIP West) restarted Moratorium 11 February 2026; summary judgment for developer 17 September 2026	ECO TIP West LLC	Chatham County	Chatham County adopted a 12-month countywide moratorium on new data centers on 11 February 2026. ECO TIP West, which says it received a zoning permit in October 2025 confirming a data center as a use by right and had spent $11 million on the project, sued the county in Chatham County Superior Court seeking to invalidate the moratorium, confirm vested rights and recover damages and fees. On Thursday 17 September 2026 Superior Court Judge John Morris granted summary judgment to ECO TIP West, finding no genuine issue of material fact, which allows the 750 MW, five-building campus on the Moncure megasite to proceed despite the moratorium unless the county appeals. Damages and legal fees are to be set at a later hearing	n.a.
Whiteville 12-month data center and cryptocurrency mining moratorium moratorium Approved 25 August 2026; runs to 25 August 2027 or until a zoning text amendment is adopted	n.a.	City of Whiteville	Whiteville approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining on 25 August 2026. The vote count was not reported in the fetched source.	n.a.
Yadkin County two-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved 5-0 on 17 August 2026 (Monday public hearing, reported 18 August 2026); two years; unincorporated areas only	n.a.	Yadkin County	Yadkin County commissioners unanimously approved a two-year data center moratorium on 17 August 2026. The pause applies to unincorporated areas only.	n.a.

Financing

Financing transactions tied to North Carolina sites

Transactions the atlas ties to a named site in North Carolina: joint ventures, project bonds, credit facilities, leases and power agreements. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.

Parties	Instrument	Amount	Date	Site
Nscale + Goldman Sachs + J.P. Morgan Nscale closed a delayed draw term loan for its deployment at a 96-acre colocation site in Madison, North Carolina with up to 40 MW of IT load. Goldman Sachs was lead left arranger	debt facility	$1.2B	Closed 31 August 2026	NC-1 campus, Madison
WhiteFiber + Enovum Data Centers + Nscale Global Holdings WhiteFiber, through Enovum Data Centers Corp., signed a 10-year agreement with Nscale Global Holdings for 40 MW of critical IT load at the NC-1 campus in Madison, North Carolina, deployed in two 20 MW phases, with 3 percent annual rate escalators on recurring service fees.	lease	≥$865M	Announced 18 December 2025	NC-1 campus, Madison
WhiteFiber WhiteFiber closed an upsized private placement of $310.0 million principal amount of 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032. Concurrently it exchanged $198.15 million aggregate principal amount of its existing 4.500% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 for approximately $118.5 million of cash plus approximately 6.3 million ordinary shares. Stated uses include data center expansion, leasing and purchase of property, facility construction, energy agreements, GPU server equipment, potential acquisitions and partnerships, and working capital.	convertible	~$310M	Closed 21 August 2026	NC-1 campus, Madison
WhiteFiber + Enovum Data Centers WhiteFiber's subsidiary Enovum Data Centers Corp. entered a definitive agreement to acquire two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina, designated NC-2 and NC-3, to be retrofitted into data center campuses providing a combined minimum of 60 MW of initial gross utility capacity with potential to support approximately 200 MW over time. Seller not named in the release.	acquisition	$60M	Definitive agreement announced 17 August 2026; closing expected Q4 2026	NC-2 and NC-3 campuses, Yadkin County
WhiteFiber (Bit Digital) + Unifi Manufacturing Bit Digital's Enovum subsidiary agreed to buy an industrial building, land and certain equipment in Madison, North Carolina from Unifi Manufacturing for $53.2 million; WhiteFiber completed the acquisition on 20 May 2025 for its NC-1 HPC data center, which qualified as a North Carolina data center for sales and use tax exemptions.	acquisition	$53M	Agreement 10 April 2025; closed 20 May 2025 (Bit Digital Forms 8-K)	NC-1 campus, Madison

Policy context

What governs a data center in North Carolina

North Carolina (statewide)state

Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress operate under an NCUC proceeding on large-load integration at a 100 MW threshold; Duke's response filed July 24, 2025 to the commission's June 6, 2025 request; first semiannual major-load-addition report filed May 15, 2025. C.4 floors: 1.5 GW (Tract Mooresville) + 250 MW (Apex); $30.6B; 4 projects; 31-32 tracked actions.

North Carolina's regulatory threshold for large-load integration review is 100 MW under an NCUC proceeding. Dimetrics tracks 31 to 32 state actions including Charlotte, Durham, Asheville, a Weaverville ban, and multiple county measures. On 18 September 2026 the Utilities Commission denied Duke Energy's $584 million gas turbine at the Smith Energy Complex near Amazon's Richmond County campus for want of demonstrated need and Ratepayer Protection Pledge compliance. The denied unit was a 255 MW hydrogen-capable F-class simple cycle combustion turbine. The order said much of Duke's projected load growth appears to be based on anticipated data center customer additions and is insufficiently reliable for the Commission to act, and that the record did not establish how far the unit was meant to serve data center demand or how Duke would honor the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. Duke said it is reviewing the order and assessing next steps. On 7 October 2026 Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress announced a settlement with the North Carolina Public Staff, joined by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates and the U.S. Department of Defense, on large-load service. If approved by the Utilities Commission, it applies to customers of 50 MW or more at an 80% load factor that sign electric service agreements after 1 June 2026 (Duke's prior contract protections applied at 100 MW): new large loads, including data centers, must take service under a separate High Load Factor rate schedule, make nonrefundable upfront payments for grid facilities serving only them, and post deposits and security for shared grid upgrades such as transmission. Duke said a Commission decision is expected by mid-November 2026.

The policy layer for North Carolina lives in three companion references: the North Carolina Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.

Next door

States next door

Virginia

33 sites · $213B disclosed

50 blocked, delayed or restricted

Georgia

23 sites · $73.0B disclosed

57 blocked, delayed or restricted

Tennessee

6 sites · $47.7B disclosed

26 blocked, delayed or restricted

South Carolina

6 sites · $18.6B disclosed

20 blocked, delayed or restricted

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Data centers in North Carolina

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Sources

Sources for North Carolina

Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.

michaelbommarito.comBommarito
richmondobserver.comRichmond Observer
wfae.orgWFAE
yourdailyjournal.comRichmond County Daily Journal
yahoo.comNews & Observer via Yahoo
wral.comWRAL
wsoctv.comWSOC
duke-energy.comDuke Energy Smith project page
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Every state, one page each

Alabama 9 / 21 Alaska 1 / 1 Arizona 11 / 11 Arkansas 2 / 8 California 10 / 35 Colorado 6 / 21 Connecticut 0 / 6 Delaware 0 / 5 Florida 0 / 46 Georgia 23 / 57 Hawaii 0 / 0 Idaho 2 / 2 Illinois 10 / 35 Indiana 14 / 44 Iowa 3 / 22 Kansas 5 / 19 Kentucky 6 / 26 Louisiana 7 / 3 Maine 0 / 20 Maryland 1 / 22 Massachusetts 0 / 11 Michigan 4 / 55 Minnesota 3 / 31 Mississippi 7 / 5 Missouri 10 / 25 Montana 1 / 10 Nebraska 3 / 16 Nevada 8 / 12 New Hampshire 0 / 5 New Jersey 4 / 61 New Mexico 3 / 10 New York 6 / 21 North Carolina 10 / 45 North Dakota 6 / 4 Ohio 24 / 80 Oklahoma 11 / 20 Oregon 1 / 8 Pennsylvania 16 / 42 Rhode Island 0 / 5 South Carolina 6 / 20 South Dakota 1 / 6 Tennessee 6 / 26 Texas 106 / 35 Utah 11 / 12 Vermont 0 / 3 Virginia 33 / 50 Washington 9 / 22 Washington, DC 0 / 0 West Virginia 4 / 3 Wisconsin 4 / 45 Wyoming 11 / 5

Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.

Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.

The SAVRN reference set

Seven references, one system

Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.

Delay Watchlist

Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.

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Moratorium Tracker

The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.

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Water Tracker

Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.

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Grid Operator Watchlist

ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.

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Permits and Power Development

Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.

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SAVRN Scarcity Tracker

Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.

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Have a specific address? Site Intelligence reads all seven references against one location, county, utility and grid operator included, and cites every finding.

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