Charlotte, NC · Mecklenburg County County · 35.242°N 80.956°W
Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus
Digital Realty
Key facts
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County County
- Capacity
- 400 MW planned
- Powered by
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- Announced
- 2025-04
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Land
- 156 acres
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Grid · Utility: Duke Energy Carolinas
Duke Energy Carolinas is the regional grid utility; the site sits near Duke's Sherwood H. Smith generation complex. No facility-specific interconnection filing was located.
No cooling type or water volume is disclosed. City Council members raised water-quality concerns at the May 2025 rezoning hearing given proximity to the Catawba River; Charlotte Water is the likely provider.
Community sentiment
Charlotte City Council approved the rezoning 7–4 in May 2025 over environmental and neighborhood objections (an earlier rezoning of the same parcel drew a ~1,300-signature petition), and metro-wide data-center pushback is intensifying — a comparable Matthews project was withdrawn in Oct 2025 after opposition. The site would likely qualify for North Carolina's statewide data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (which requires $75M+ investment), but no Secretary of Commerce determination for it is in the public record.
Charlotte Considers Rezoning for Biggest Data Center in N.C. — Government TechnologyStatus history
- Proposed
Digital Moores Chapel LLC (Digital Realty subsidiary) filed rezoning request for 156 acres at 12899 Moores Chapel Road
- Permitted
Charlotte City Council approved rezoning 7-4; trees cleared but construction start not publicly confirmed
Digital Realty files to develop 400MW data center campus in Charlotte, North Carolina
Location
Sources & data provenance
Confirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.
Last updated:
- Data Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- Government TechnologyRetrieved:
- Queen City NerveRetrieved:
- Economic Development Partnership of North CarolinaRetrieved:
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