Data Centers in North Carolina
North Carolina has 84 data centers identified from primary sources across 20 counties, run by 38 operators, against an industry reference count of 97. Mecklenburg County holds the largest cluster with 26. No RTO or ISO market covers the state; the utilities and the state commission set interconnection terms. 3 state measures on record (proposed) and 15 local pauses; 6 named projects delayed or blocked, and 2 capital atlas sites carrying $30B in announced commitments.
Where North Carolina's data centers stand
Key facts
- Data centers identified
- 84 from the operators' own facility lists, PeeringDB, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, of which 6 are mapped buildings that carry no name
- Target count
- 97 facilities in the industry reference count for North Carolina; this map holds 88 of them (90.7 percent), 9 still to identify
- Largest cluster
- Mecklenburg County with 26 facilities
- Largest operator
- Lumen with 5 facilities
- Grid operator
- NON-RTO and PJM
- State measures
- 3 on record, strongest status proposed
- Local pauses
- 15 city or county moratoria · 33 local restrictions on the delay watchlist
- Water measures
- 1 state and local, plus the federal measures that apply everywhere
North Carolina data centers, in short
North Carolina has 84 data centers identified from primary sources, spread across 32 cities and counties and run by 38 operators. The largest concentration is Charlotte, with 25 data centers, followed by Durham with 7 and Raleigh with 7.
The operators with the most data centers in North Carolina are Lumen (5), TierPoint (4), Verizon Wireless (4), Microsoft (3), CyrusOne (3). Colocation and interconnection providers appear most often because they publish building-level detail; hyperscale campuses appear where the operator or the county names the individual buildings.
Not every operator discloses size. In North Carolina, 24 publish a floor area and 16 publish a power figure, and each figure is shown against the data center it belongs to rather than added into one number. They are not the same measurement: one operator states the floor area of a single building, another the full capacity of a campus it has only announced.
NON-RTO There is no RTO or ISO market in most of North Carolina, so each utility and the state commission set interconnection terms. 3 statewide measures governing data centers are on record, alongside 15 local pauses. 6 named projects in North Carolina are delayed, blocked or under challenge, and the capital atlas records 2 sites here carrying $30B in announced commitments.
North Carolina data centers by city
Every data center identified in North Carolina, grouped by the city or county it stands in, 84 of them across 32 places. Each entry names the operator and links to the source that states it.
Data centers in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Carolina Internet / CaroNet CaroNet 900 Center Park Drive
- Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB CaroNet 1960 Cross Beam Drive 1 networks
- Charlotte Colocation Center CaroNet / Carolina Internet
- CENTRA CLT01 - Charlotte NC (701 E Trade) CENTRA Digital Interconnect 701 E Trade St 1,200 sq ft0.3 MW8 networks
- Merck Charlotte Technology Center Data Center Expansion City of Charlotte / Mecklenburg County Land Development 10301 David Taylor DR
- Cogent Charlotte Cogent 701 East Trade Street
- Cogent Charlotte 2 Cogent 1310 South Mint St 4,497 sq ft
- DC74-CLT1 DC74 Data Centers 3100 International Airport Dr. 7,800 sq ft0.5 MW
- DC74-CLT4 DC74 Data Centers 1612 Cross Beam Dr. 1 networks
- Digital Realty CLT (113 N Myers St) Digital Realty 113 North Myers Street 29,000 sq ft14 networks
- Digital Realty CLT (125 N Myers St) Digital Realty 712 E 5TH ST 30,600 sq ft6 networks
- Flexential - Charlotte/North (CLT4/5) Flexential 10105 David Taylor Drive 62,589 sq ft3.3 MW5 networks
- Flexential - Charlotte/South (CLT1/2/3) Flexential 8910 Lenox Pointe Drive B 66,666 sq ft2.36 MW5 networks
- Level(3) Charlotte Lumen 4021 Rose Lake Drive
- Lumen Network Colocation market: Charlotte, NC Lumen
- CLT2 LUMOS Networks 3101 International Airport Dr. 28,000 sq ft2.5 MW7 networks
- PowerHouse Charlotte PowerHouse 10800, 10863, 11220 University City Boulevard 1,500,000 sq ft380 MW
- ScaleMatrix Charlotte Data Center US-East 01 ScaleMatrix 1805 Center Park Drive 60,000 sq ft3 MW1 networks
- US-EAST 01 ScaleMatrix
- TAC Data Centers data center TAC Data Centers 3,000,000 sq ft750 MW
- TierPoint Charlotte - Center Park TierPoint 1805 Center Park Dr 3 networks
- TierPoint Charlotte - North Myers TierPoint 125 N Myers St 2 networks
- CHB.ICI/CHBZNC Verizon Wireless 9400 A. Southern Pines Blvd. Suite #A
- CHRL.POP/CHRBNC Verizon Wireless 908 N. College Rd., 2nd Floor
- Spectrum Charlotte National Data Center 8730 Green Ridge Drive
Data centers in Durham, North Carolina
- AceHost Durham AceHost 4518 S. Miami Blvd.
- CyrusOne NC-1 CyrusOne 2223 NE Creek Parkway 6 networks
- DUR1-DUR2 CyrusOne 420,000 sq ft40 MW
- Brandaleone Lab for Data and Visualization Duke Libraries
- Windstream Communications Verizon Wireless 5400 Miami Blvd, Suite 124, Durham
- vXchnge Raleigh-Durham (NC01) vXchnge 4518 S. Miami Blvd. 14,000 sq ft2 networks
- DUKE UNIVERSITY GPU DATA CENTER 1911 YEARBY AVE
Data centers in Raleigh, North Carolina
- American Tower RA1 American Tower 6011 Chapel Hill Road 1 networks
- Compass data center Compass 608 West Hargett St 3,954 sq ft90 MW
- Level(3) Raleigh Lumen 5301 Departure Drive 65,000 sq ft3 networks
- Lumen Network Colocation market: Raleigh, NC Lumen
- TierPoint Raleigh TierPoint 5301 Departure Dr 2 networks
- RLGH.POP/REGHNC Verizon Wireless 3300 Tarheel Drive
- CP&L CORPORATE DATA CENTER 120 KINDLEY ST
Data centers in Maiden, North Carolina
- Maiden data center Apple
- CLT10 BOYD FARMS DATA CENTER 1260 OLD MAIDEN RD Mailing address: Newton
- Data center building
- Data center building
- Data center building
Data centers in Lenoir, North Carolina
- 801 Main Street - Lenoir Dacentec 801 Main Street NW 23,500 sq ft1 networks
- Google data center Google
- Data center building
- Data center building
Data centers in Asheville, North Carolina
- DartPoints Asheville, NC - AVL1 DartPoints 100 Technology Dr Ste C 5 networks
- ERC Broadband ERC Broadband 151 Patton Avenue 3,100 sq ft6 networks
- Netriplex Netriplex 100 Technology Dr Ste C 11,200 sq ft0.296 MW
Data centers in Conover, North Carolina
- Conover - Lyle Creek datacenter Microsoft
- APPLE DATA CENTER - PV2 3720 LAI BER DRIVE
- CLT04 LYLE CREEK DATA CENTER 1521 N NC 16 HWY
Data centers in Forest City, North Carolina
- Forest City Data Center Meta
- Meta Meta
- Meta Meta
Data centers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Winston-Salem Data Center Segra 3310 Old Lexington Road 120,000 sq ft6 MW
- HANES GROUP DATA CENTER 555 RICKS DR
Data centers in Burlington, North Carolina
- BURLINGTON DATA CENTER 2742 TUCKER STREET EXT
Data centers in Cary, North Carolina
- iGLASS Networks 211 Commonwealth Court
Data centers in Claremont, North Carolina
- APPLE DATA CENTER PV3 3123 KELLY BLVD Mailing address: Conover
Data centers in Fairview, North Carolina
- Data center building
Data centers in Garner, North Carolina
- Segra Data Center Segra 2100 Garner Station Blvd. Mailing address: Raleigh 50,000 sq ft2.5 MW
Data centers in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Lumen Network Colocation market: Greensboro, NC Lumen
Data centers in Hickory, North Carolina
- Hickory datacenter Microsoft
Data centers in Kannapolis, North Carolina
- Segra Kannapolis SEGRA 465 Charles Babbage Lane 50,000 sq ft2.5 MW1 networks
Data centers in Kings Mountain, North Carolina
- T5@Charlotte T5 Data Centers 131 Riverside Court
Data centers in Morrisville, North Carolina
- Flexential - Raleigh (RAL01/02/03) Flexential 5150 McCrimmon Parkway #423 99,976 sq ft4.31 MW6 networks
Data centers in Rosman, North Carolina
- MCNC Data Center - Rosman MCNC
Data centers in Webster, North Carolina
- Bonnie Lane BalsamWest FiberNET 35 Bonnie Ln Mailing address: Sylva
Data centers in Zebulon, North Carolina
- BB&T Data Center
Data centers in Unincorporated Catawba County, North Carolina
- CLT17 STOVER DATA CENTER 3820 HICKORY-LINCOLNTON HWY Mailing address: Newton
- CLT40 DATA CENTER 3020 TATE BLVD SE Mailing address: Hickory
Data centers in Unincorporated Durham County, North Carolina
- MCNC Data Center - RTP MCNC 3021 East Cornwallis Road, Building 3 Mailing address: Durham
- TierPoint Research Triangle Park – RTP TierPoint 99 TW Alexander Drive Mailing address: Durham 70,000 sq ft4 networks
Data centers in Person County, North Carolina (exact location not published)
- Person County datacenter Microsoft
Data centers in Richmond County, North Carolina (exact location not published)
- Richmond County data center campus Amazon Web Services
Data centers in Unincorporated Cherokee County, North Carolina
- Marble 1 Core Scientific 155 Palmer Ln Mailing address: Marble 250,000 sq ft117 MW
Data centers in Unincorporated Lee County, North Carolina
- Lee County Data Center CyrusOne 4079 Lower Moncure Road Mailing address: Sanford
Data centers in Unincorporated Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- AREP DATA CENTER 10864 UNIVERSITY CITY BLVD Mailing address: Charlotte
Data centers in Unincorporated Polk County, North Carolina
- CloudOgre CloudOgre 156 School Rd Mailing address: Mill Spring
Data centers in Unincorporated Wake County, North Carolina
- FIDELITY REAL ESTATE CO.- FIDELITY MORRISVILLE DATA CENTER 7133 LOUIS STEPHENS DR Mailing address: Morrisville
Data centers in Elsewhere in North Carolina
- The Houston Bunker data center The Houston Bunker
Floor area and power appear only where the operator or a government record publishes them. A building the sources describe without naming it is listed as a data center building at its county.
Where they cluster, and who runs them
Facilities by county 20
5 more counties in the table aboveOperators 38
Cities 22
The rules and the pipeline in North Carolina
North Carolina has 3 state measures on record (proposed), 15 local pauses, and 1 state or local water measure. No RTO or ISO market covers the state, so the utilities and the state commission set interconnection terms. Each tracker below holds the full record for North Carolina, with every entry sourced.
North Carolina's neighbors
North Carolina data centers, answered from the record
How many data centers are in North Carolina?
The industry reference count for North Carolina is 97 facilities. This map places 84 of them from primary sources, each with a source record you can open, and every entry names the operator, the county, and the grid operator that serves it. The rest are mostly small regional colocation providers and enterprise buildings that no public register describes.
Where are North Carolina's data centers?
They are listed on this page city by city. By city: Charlotte (25), Durham (7), Raleigh (7), Maiden (5). By county: Mecklenburg County (26), Catawba County (12), Wake County (12). Every data center identified in North Carolina appears under the city or county it stands in, with its operator and the source that names it.
Who operates data centers in North Carolina?
38 operators appear in the registers for North Carolina. The largest by facility count: Lumen (5), TierPoint (4), Verizon Wireless (4), Microsoft (3), CyrusOne (3). Interconnection-heavy providers are over-represented because PeeringDB records where networks meet; hyperscalers appear where contributors have mapped their buildings.
Does North Carolina have a data center moratorium?
North Carolina has 3 state measures on record: H 1189: Datacenter Transparency Act, statewide siting moratorium (proposed, Apr 2026); SB 730: Ratepayer Protection Act, sound and water standards (proposed, Jun 2026); H 1063: Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act (proposed, Apr 2026). 15 city or county pauses are on record locally. The North Carolina Data Center Moratorium Tracker carries each measure with its primary source and a weekly changelog.
Which grid operator serves North Carolina data centers?
There is no RTO or ISO wholesale market in most of North Carolina. Interconnection terms, study queues, and curtailment rights for a large load are set by the individual utility and the state commission. Duke Energy Carolinas/Progress (most of state) not in an RTO; Dominion's ~128,000 meters in northeastern NC are in PJM.
Are new data centers being built or delayed in North Carolina?
6 named projects in North Carolina are delayed, blocked, or under challenge (1,300 MW disclosed), with 33 local restrictions, 7 jurisdictional actions, 8 utility dockets, and 6 flagged queue row or large-load studys totaling 515 MW. The capital atlas records 2 named sites in North Carolina with $30B in announced commitments and 6 projects blocked, delayed, or halted ($30.6B disclosed).
Facility layer: PeeringDB (Acceptable Use Policy), OpenStreetMap (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), US Census Bureau boundaries. Tracker layers: the SAVRN Moratorium Tracker, Water Tracker, Grid Operator Watchlist, Delay Watchlist, and Capital Atlas, each primary-sourced. Method on the national map.
North Carolina across the SAVRN trackers
The same state followed through the money, the policy, the water and the delays. Each page is primary-sourced and refreshed on its own schedule, and each links back here.