Market brief, North Carolina
Data Centers in North Carolina
North Carolina ranks 25th nationally for data center pipeline capacity, with 5,004 MW across 106 projects.
By the Aterio data team. Data as of .
Scale
- Data centers tracked
- 144
- Data center capacity*
- 5,004MW
- Data center space*
- 19.9M sq ft
- Average operational size
- 121,073sq ft
Pipeline by stage
- In the pipeline
- 106
- Operational
- 44
- Under construction
- 23
- Announced
- 39
* Pipeline only: operational, under construction and announced projects. The other 38 tracked projects are land bank, delayed, withdrawn or cancelled.
How North Carolina compares
North Carolina is further along than the US as a whole: only 37% of its projects are still announced, against 60% nationally. Operational projects make up 42% of the total, above the national 28%.
| Top states by estimated MW | Est. MW | Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Texas | 154,053 MW | 1,451 |
| 2.Virginia | 65,610 MW | 1,085 |
| 3.Utah | 46,575 MW | 236 |
| 4.Pennsylvania | 36,641 MW | 434 |
| 5.Georgia | 34,024 MW | 483 |
| 25.North Carolina | 5,004 MW | 106 |
Top five states by pipeline capacity, and North Carolina, estimated MW.
Where it is being built
Richmond County (1,512 MW) and Chatham County (750 MW) lead North Carolina, together 45% of the pipeline.
| Top counties by estimated MW | Est. MW | Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Richmond County | 1,512 MW | 21 |
| 2.Chatham County | 750 MW | 5 |
| 3.Mecklenburg County | 707 MW | 21 |
| 4.Iredell County | 475 MW | 5 |
| 5.Catawba County | 365 MW | 10 |
Top five counties by estimated MW, among those with three or more projects.
Who is building
Amazon AWS leads with 1,512 MW, ahead of Compass Datacenters with 475 MW. The five largest named providers hold 63% of the North Carolina pipeline.
| Top providers by estimated MW | Est. MW | Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Amazon AWS | 1,512 MW | 21 |
| 2.Compass Datacenters | 475 MW | 5 |
| 3.Microsoft | 432 MW | 8 |
| 4.Digital Realty | 424 MW | 6 |
| 5.Google | 289 MW | 4 |
Top five providers by estimated MW, among those with three or more projects. Undisclosed providers are left out.
From the dataset
Data centers in North Carolina
The largest facilities Aterio tracks in North Carolina, by floor area. Their power and size are in the full dataset. Rows tagged Free sample are open in the sample dataset.
- 1.NC-1 Data CenterWhiteFiber · Eden, Rockingham CountyUnder construction
- 2.Data Center Building 2Digital Realty · Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyUnder construction
- 3.Microsoft Person County Data Center 4Microsoft · Roxboro, Person CountyAnnounced
- 4.Microsoft Person County Data Center 3Free sampleMicrosoft · Roxboro, Person CountyAnnounced
- 5.Microsoft Person County Data Center 2Microsoft · Roxboro, Person CountyAnnounced
- 6.Data Center Building 1Digital Realty · Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyUnder construction
- 7.Forest City Data Center Building 2Facebook · Forest City, Rutherford CountyOperational
- 8.Forest City Data Center Building 1Facebook · Forest City, Rutherford CountyOperational
- 9.Forest City Data Center Building 3Facebook · Forest City, Rutherford CountyOperational
- 10.DUR1 Raleigh-Durham Data CenterCyrusOne · Durham, Durham CountyOperational
- 11.Maiden Data Center Building 1Apple Inc. · Newton, Catawba CountyOperational
- 12.Lenoir NC Data Center Building 2Free sampleGoogle · Lenoir, Caldwell CountyOperational
- 13.PowerHouse Charlotte Building 3Power House Data Centers · Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyAnnounced
- 14.PowerHouse Charlotte Building 4Power House Data Centers · Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyAnnounced
- 15.Microsoft Person County Data Center 1Microsoft · Roxboro, Person CountyAnnounced
- 16.Drox Group DC 4Company Not Disclosed · Rural Hall, Forsyth CountyNot approved
- 17.Drox Group DC 3Company Not Disclosed · Rural Hall, Forsyth CountyNot approved
- 18.Drox Group DC 1Company Not Disclosed · Rural Hall, Forsyth CountyNot approved
- 19.Drox Group DC 2Company Not Disclosed · Rural Hall, Forsyth CountyNot approved
- 20.MTP - Building 3Tract · Mooresville, Iredell CountyNot approved
- 21.MTP - Building 2Tract · Mooresville, Iredell CountyNot approved
- 22.MTP - Building 1Tract · Mooresville, Iredell CountyNot approved
- 23.MTP - Building 5Tract · Mooresville, Iredell CountyNot approved
- 24.MTP - Building 4Tract · Mooresville, Iredell CountyNot approved
- 25.Henderson Grove Road Data CenterFlexential · Salisbury, Rowan CountyAnnounced
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