North Carolina Data Centers

Live tracking of every data center project in North Carolina — operational, under construction, announced, and permitted — with developer, tenant, capacity, and supply-chain links.

North Carolina's biggest build is AWS's 1 GW campus under construction in Richmond County. Meta operates 200 MW in Forest City, Apple runs a 200 MW Private Cloud Compute site in Maiden, CoreWeave has a 91 MW site in Marble that serves OpenAI, and Google has a $1B expansion announced in Lenoir. Duke Energy is the utility for all five.

Data Center Index tracks 15 named data center campuses in North Carolina (large sites with a source, not every building): 4 operating, 5 under construction, and 6 announced or permitted. The pipeline adds up to 4.1 GW of planned capacity. The grid is operated by Duke Energy, which runs the interconnection queue. Below: every tracked project in North Carolina, ranked by build status, followed by the public companies whose data center revenue is most exposed to this market.

Tracked data center projects in North Carolina

Frequently asked questions

How many data centers are in North Carolina?
Data Center Index tracks 15 named data center campuses in North Carolina as of 2026: 4 operating, 5 under construction, and 6 announced or permitted. Coverage is named campuses with a published source, not every building.
How much data center capacity does North Carolina have?
691 MW is operating, with 4.1 GW in the announced and under-construction pipeline. 8 of the 10 North Carolina campuses carrying a capacity figure show an estimate rather than a figure a named source states, marked "est." on the site.
What is the largest data center in North Carolina?
Project Delta (Walnut Cove / Belews Creek) in Walnut Cove is the largest tracked campus in North Carolina at 2.0 GW, developed by Engineered Land Solutions. That capacity is an estimate, not a figure a named source states.
Who is building data centers in North Carolina?
The most active developers in North Carolina by tracked campus count are WhiteFiber (Bit Digital) (2 campuses), Microsoft (2 campuses), Core Scientific (1 campus). Every campus page lists its developer, tenant and the source that names them.
Which grid operator serves North Carolina data centers?
Duke Energy runs the grid and the interconnection queue for North Carolina, so new campus power requests are approved on its timeline.

Public companies exposed to North Carolina

These public companies have tracked data-center projects in North Carolina as developers, tenants, or operators. Use the watchlist to compare them side by side, or click through for capex history and supplier exposure.

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