North Carolina data center and compute infrastructure map

Duke rate request reduction

Statewide

Duke cut its residential rate increase request from 18% to 11.6% during the proceeding, alongside new requirements applying to data centers.

Key data: Residential ask reduced 18% → 11.6%

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Advocacy newsletter summarizing filings; underlying testimony not fetched

Energy Way / Duke air permits — community opposition

Richmond County

The July 30, 2026 DEQ hearing drew more than 150 attendees with roughly 75% of community comments opposed. Permits at issue were Amazon.25A and DukeRichmond.26C; commenters objected that DEQ split the project into two synthetic minor permits instead of one Title V major source, noting one permit sits at 249.9 tpy NOx/CO/VOC — just under the 250 tpy major-source threshold — across 649 diesel generators.

Key data: >150 hearing attendees; permit capped at 249.9 tpy vs 250 tpy major threshold; 649 diesel generators

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Attendee/percentage counts are the organizer's tally

Project Delta

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Walnut Cove residents and community groups, represented by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and SELC, sued on March 12, 2026 over the January 12, 2026 rezoning of ~1,845–1,848 acres. The county then voided the rezoning and text amendment ab initio for defective statutory public-hearing notice. Commissioners nonetheless passed replacement text amendments 3-2 on July 14, 2026 and rejected a moratorium; the Planning Board again recommended denial 5-2 on August 13, 2026, with a final commissioner hearing set for September 8.

Key data: Lawsuit filed 2026-03-12; rezoning voided ab initio; Planning Board recommended denial 5-2 on 2026-08-13; commissioner hearing 2026-09-08

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Case number and court not stated in fetched sources

Project Delta — voiding resolution

Stokes County

The county's own resolution voids the rezoning and text amendment ab initio, confirming the procedural defect.

Key data: Resolution voiding rezoning and text amendment ab initio

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Copy hosted by plaintiffs' counsel rather than the county website

Project Iron Spur (Case F-1669)

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Forsyth County commissioners denied the rezoning 5-2 on July 30, 2026, after the Planning Board recommended denial 7-2 on June 11 and more than 400 emails were submitted. The project would have placed three buildings totaling ~1,122,300 sq ft, 80–84 ft tall, on 128.54 acres of Rural Hall farmland; developer was The Drox Group LLC.

Key data: Denied 5-2 on 2026-07-30; >400 emails; 128.54 acres; ~1,122,300 sq ft

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Case file not fetched directly; corroborated by local outlets

Natelli rezoning ZMA26-001

Vance County (near Henderson)

Commissioners approved the rezoning 6-1 on April 20, 2026 over resident objections. A citizen-compiled report documents that Natelli Holdings did not own the parcel (no recorded deeds), submitted no development plan, and gave no direct answer when residents asked whether a data center was planned.

Key data: Approved 6-1 on 2026-04-20; no development plan submitted; no recorded ownership

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: The supporting report is citizen-compiled (henderson-vance.fyi), not an official county document

Microsoft megasite

Person County

Residents circulated a petition demanding answers from Microsoft, and reporting documents that nondisclosure agreements and public-records denials blocked disclosure of project terms.

Key data: Active resident petition; NDA-driven records denials

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No litigation identified; signature count not captured

Duke large load tariff cost allocation

Stokes / Forsyth / Vance / Richmond

Advocates in the Stokes proceeding specifically sought rate-increase limits as a rezoning safeguard, tying local land-use conditions to ratepayer exposure — one of the discussed safeguards alongside Dan River protection and continuous air monitoring.

Key data: Safeguards discussed: rate-increase limits, Dan River protection, continuous air monitoring

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Safeguards were discussed, not adopted

Project Delta

Stokes County

The rezoning converted ~1,844.9–1,845 acres from Residential Agricultural (RA) to Heavy Manufacturing Conditional (M2CZ) — land previously designated for residential and agricultural use along the Dan River, adjacent to the Belews Creek coal plant. The accompanying text amendment also made data centers a permitted use in heavy manufacturing districts countywide, opening more than a dozen additional sites as-of-right without public hearing.

Key data: 1,844.9 acres RA → M2CZ; >12 additional sites opened as-of-right

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage varies 1,844.9–1,848 across sources

Project Iron Spur

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

The denial rested on inconsistency with the 2016 Rural Hall Area Plan Update and Forward 2045 comprehensive plan; the 128.54-acre site was active farmland.

Key data: 128.54 acres of farmland; denial grounded in comprehensive-plan inconsistency

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Plan documents themselves not fetched

Energy Way Tech Campus

Richmond County

The site combined a 646-acre county-owned forest and a moribund county chicken farm, sold together for $26 million and rezoned heavy industrial; Amazon clear-cut and burned the forested tract, with a neighbor reporting ash falling on his property.

Key data: 646-acre forest + chicken farm; $26M sale; rezoned heavy industrial

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage of total assemblage varies across sources

Microsoft megasite

Person County (Woodsdale Twp)

The 1,350–1,385 acre site, purchased for $26.85–27 million in 2024, was previously fields, forest and creeks with roughly 400 acres of wetlands, leaving ~948 usable acres. It carried a 2018 megasite designation and was formerly known as "Project Trace." Country Club Road was permanently closed.

Key data: 1,385 acres; ~400 acres wetlands; ~948 usable acres; $26.85–27M (2024)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage and price ranges differ slightly between sources

Natelli rezoning assemblage

Vance County

Three contiguous parcels totaling ~113 acres were rezoned from Employment and Institutional Area to Light Industrial through Natelli filings: ZMA25-003 (33.22 ac) and ZMA25-004 (38.84 ac) approved December 16, 2025, plus ZMA26-001 (40.57 ac) approved April 20, 2026. Roughly 140 additional EIA acres held by neighboring families remain candidates for future rezoning.

Key data: ~113 acres EIA → Light Industrial across 3 parcels; ~140 more acres exposed

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Citizen-compiled report; parcel data traced to county tax/GIS records but not independently re-verified

NOT_FOUND — DECOMMISSIONING_PROVISION

Statewide

Searched for decommissioning or site-restoration bonding requirements attached to the Richmond County Amazon agreement, the Stokes County Project Delta conditions, the Vance County rezoning, and the Person County megasite. None of the fetched approvals, ordinances, incentive agreements or hearing accounts contain a decommissioning plan, financial-assurance, bond or site-restoration requirement. Stokes County's approval record explicitly contains no decommissioning conditions; Vance County had no data center ordinance, water standards or noise standards at the time of rezoning; Randolph County's new rules address noise and impact studies but no decommissioning provision was found.

Key data: No decommissioning or financial-assurance requirement identified in any NC anchor project

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Absence of evidence in fetched sources; full ordinance texts for Randolph, Lee and Orange counties were not retrieved

Energy Way Tech Campus incentives

Richmond County

The confidential April 3, 2025 agreement grants 50% ad valorem real-property and 65% personal-property cash grants for 20 years, conditioned on $1 billion capex and 50 full-time jobs by 2030. Amazon separately funds a $150,000 Community Fund. County parcels were sold for $26 million.

Key data: 50% real / 65% personal property cash grants for 20 years; thresholds $1B capex + 50 FTE by 2030; $150,000 community fund

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Agreement itself is confidential; terms reported via records reporting

Project announcement and jobs

Richmond County

State officials announced a $10 billion Amazon investment in Richmond County.

Key data: $10 billion announced investment

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Announced capital figure, not audited or milestone-verified

NOT_FOUND — FISCAL_IMPACT_LOCAL_GOVERNMENT for non-Richmond NC anchors

Stokes / Forsyth / Vance

Searched for tax abatements, PILOT agreements, community-benefit payments or revenue projections for Project Delta (Stokes), Project Iron Spur (Forsyth), the Natelli/Vance rezoning and the Microsoft Person County megasite. No incentive dollar values, abatement schedules or projected revenue figures were found in fetched sources. Person County records requests were denied under nondisclosure agreements; Stokes approvals were rezoning/text amendments with no fiscal terms in the record; Vance had no development plan filed.

Key data: No abatement, PILOT or revenue-projection figures located

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Confidentiality is the documented cause of the gap for Person County; Stokes/Forsyth/Vance fiscal terms may not yet exist

Project Iron Spur

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Building height of 80–84 feet across three buildings (~1,122,300 sq ft) on 128.54 acres adjoining a residential/agricultural area was central to opposition; the community campaign site documents the scale objections that preceded denial.

Key data: 3 buildings, ~1,122,300 sq ft, 80–84 ft tall on 128.54 acres

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No decibel study or traffic-count figure found; scale metrics used as proxy

County data center standards

Randolph County (statewide comparator)

Randolph County adopted data center restrictions on August 3, 2026 after a packed multi-hour hearing, including noise provisions and a 1,000-foot impact-study radius.

Key data: 1,000-foot impact-study radius; noise standards adopted

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Not an anchor project; included as the clearest NC local noise standard located. Decibel limit not stated in the source

Energy Way / Duke bridge power

Richmond County

Two synthetic minor permits were issued instead of one Title V major source: Amazon's 588 emergency backup engines plus Duke's 57 non-emergency bridge engines (649 generators cited by commenters), each permit staying just below the 250 tpy major threshold. DEQ added emissions testing and monitoring after comments and evaluated acrolein. The nearest government air monitor is 30 miles away, and the surrounding area already hosts two rock quarries, an asphalt plant, a wood-pellet plant, a biochar operation, a poultry slaughterhouse, a gas plant, landfills, hazardous waste sites and a Superfund site ~5 miles west of Hamlet that discharged antifreeze/oil contaminants into Pee Dee River tributaries.

Key data: 588 + 57 = 645–649 engines across two synthetic minor permits; nearest air monitor 30 miles; Superfund site ~5 miles west

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Cumulative pollution-source inventory comes from journalism, not an agency cumulative-impact assessment; no such assessment was located

Moratoria and ordinance wave

Statewide

Multiple NC jurisdictions have adopted moratoria or standards in response to the wave of proposals: Edgecombe County (2-year), Jackson County (1-year, O2026-02), Cumberland County, Orange County, plus adopted standards in Lee and Randolph counties. Statewide, SB 730 — requiring closed-loop cooling, 15-year contracts for loads over 100 MW — passed the House 69-44.

Key data: SB 730 passed House 69-44; ≥4 county moratoria; ≥2 counties adopted standards

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Citizen tracker; individual moratorium ordinances were not each fetched

NOT_FOUND — live EJ percentile screening

Statewide

Attempted to obtain EJScreen-style percentile rankings for each NC site. EPA EJScreen was removed from EPA's website on February 5, 2025 and the mapper and ArcGIS endpoints no longer resolve. The NC DEQ Community Mapping System EJ Tool was located but returns an interactive map rather than fetchable tract percentiles.

Key data: No EJScreen percentile obtainable for any NC site

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Structural data loss affecting all four states in this report

Richmond County Turbines / Duke bridge power

Richmond County (Hamlet)

Duke Energy Progress, LLC is the permit applicant and would construct and operate the bridge-power engines, which sit on Amazon-owned land.

Key data: Duke Energy Progress, LLC (facility entity/operator)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Land ownership under the engines (Amazon) inferred from DEQ/ICN statements, not from a deed.

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Richmond County Turbines / Duke bridge power

Richmond County (Hamlet)

The existing Duke complex (Smith Energy Complex) has five combustion turbines at 820 MW; the bridge project adds 57 diesel engines described in trade press as ~1,600 MW of diesel generation for one year.

Key data: 57 diesel engines; ~1,600 MW temporary; existing 820 MW CT complex

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Trade article incorrectly locates Richmond County in Virginia; MW figure not confirmed in DEQ documents fetched.

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"Project Delta" (~1,848 acres)

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Stokes County's own rezoning notice lists four parcels totaling 1,848.741 acres with addresses and parcel identification numbers.

Key data: 0 US Hwy 311 & Tuttle Rd; 0 Off US 311 Hwy; 1290 Coon Joyce Rd; 1203 Tuttle Rd, Walnut Cove 27052 — PINs 6973-76-7124, 6973-73-4188, 6964-91-8321, 6973-49-0574

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage differs slightly across sources (1,800 / 1,844 / 1,848.741).

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

The 2026 conditional rezoning application was submitted by DFC Stokes, LLC and DFC Stokes 2, LLC with Engineered Land Solutions, LLC as petitioner; trade press reports the underlying land is owned by developer David Couch, CEO of Blue Ridge Companies.

Key data: Applicants: DFC Stokes, LLC; DFC Stokes 2, LLC; petitioner Engineered Land Solutions, LLC; landowner reported as David Couch (Blue Ridge Companies)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Parent/ultimate owner of the DFC Stokes LLCs not identified in fetched sources; no Secretary of State record retrieved.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

No end operator or tenant has been disclosed; the project is fronted by Engineered Land Solutions, with Drew Nations identified as the person spearheading it.

Key data: Engineered Land Solutions (Drew Nations); end user undisclosed

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Hyperscaler tenant unknown.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

The site adjoins Duke Energy's 2.2 GW Belews Creek Power Station; the campus (several hundred MW) would be served by a new dedicated substation paid for by the developer, with on-site methane gas generators running until grid connection.

Key data: Duke Energy (grid); developer-funded dedicated substation; several hundred MW

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No interconnection queue number or NCUC docket reference found for this project.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Reporting states the project intends to source water from the Dan River; an opposition handout states 50,000–100,000 gallons/day estimated use and notes Walnut Cove's wastewater system is not sized for it.

Key data: Dan River (surface withdrawal); 50,000–100,000 gal/day estimate

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No water service agreement or utility contract identified; a closed-loop design is also claimed by the developer.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Stokes County Planning Board reviews and recommends; the Stokes County Board of Commissioners decides rezoning (its January 2026 approval was later voided); NC DEQ holds permitting authority and FEMA/NFIP floodplain standards apply; Town of Walnut Cove is adjacent.

Key data: Stokes County Planning Board + Board of Commissioners; NC DEQ; FEMA/NFIP floodplain

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: n.a.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Authority sits with Stokes County Planning & Inspections (1014 Main Street, Danbury); the department page names the planning director and staff, and news coverage names the assistant county manager handling the new application.

Key data: Eric Nance, Planning Director, (336) 593-2408; dept. main (336) 593-2439, permits@co.stokes.nc.us; Bryan Miller, Assistant County Manager

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No case-specific case manager published for the data center application.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

NOT_FOUND. Searched county and news sources for an economic development authority contact tied to Project Delta; no EDC or named economic developer was identified in fetched sources — the project has moved purely through zoning and litigation channels.

Key data: n.a.

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Stokes County EDC presence not confirmed in fetched pages.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

The county accepts written public comment by email; the main civic-group contact for the campaign is also published.

Key data: PublicComments@co.stokes.nc.us; Clean Water for NC: erika@cwfnc.org

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No developer-side community-relations contact published.

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"Project Delta"

Stokes County (Walnut Cove)

Site fronts US 311 at Tuttle Road along the Dan River, next to Duke's Belews Creek coal plant; the tract has very limited/no existing water and sewer service, and nearby solar farms and a power-generation facility are noted.

Key data: US 311 / Tuttle Road / Coon Joyce Road; Dan River; Belews Creek Power Station (2.2 GW)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Fiber routes not documented.

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"Project Iron Spur" (Case F-1669, denied)

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

The rezoning covered 128.54 acres on Bethania-Rural Hall Road directly across from Rural Hall Town Hall, including farmland, two ponds, four houses and Beaver Dam Creek; the applicant's own site described 144 acres.

Key data: 128.54 acres, Bethania-Rural Hall Road, across from Rural Hall Town Hall

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage reported as 128.54 / ~129 / 130 / 144 depending on source; no parcel ID found.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Applicant was The Drox Group LLC (Charlotte-based); petitioners/landowners named in the case are private individuals and a family LLC.

Key data: Applicant The Drox Group LLC; owners Jennifer Jobe, James Martin Serber III, James Martin Serber Jr., Julia Wall, Wall Family of North Carolina LLC

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Drox Group's ultimate ownership/backers not identified; no end user disclosed.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

No operator or tenant was disclosed; Drox Group acted as developer and Montrose LLC handled entitlement.

Key data: Operator undisclosed

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Project denied 5-2 on 2026-07-30, so no operator was ever named.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Duke Energy infrastructure surrounds the site: an existing 230 kV substation and transmission adjoin it and a 150-foot-wide Duke Energy easement crosses the property north-south; a project substation was proposed.

Key data: Duke Energy; existing 230 kV substation adjacent; 150-ft Duke easement on site

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No MW figure, interconnection number, or large-load tariff docket published.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

The applicant cited the regional (Winston-Salem/Forsyth) system with ~91 MGD capacity, ~40 MGD used and ~51 MGD available; the zoning case required public water and sewer.

Key data: Regional water system: ~91 MGD capacity, ~51 MGD available

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Utility name not stated on the developer page; no service agreement reference.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners had final authority (denied 5-2); the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board recommendation was advisory (7-2 denial); the land lies outside Rural Hall town limits, though annexation was possible.

Key data: Forsyth County BOC (final); WS/Forsyth County Planning Board (advisory); Town of Rural Hall (no vote)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: n.a.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board handled Case F-1669; a named staff planner authored the report and the planning director spoke publicly; the county commissioners' office phone is published by the applicant site.

Key data: Planner Rory Howard (staff report); Planning Director Chris Murphy; Forsyth County Commissioners' Office (336) 703-2020

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No direct planner email/phone published in fetched sources.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Greater Winston-Salem Inc. is the relevant regional economic development body; its president and CEO commented publicly on data-center developer interest in Forsyth County.

Key data: Mark Owens, President & CEO, Greater Winston-Salem Inc.

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No direct email/phone; no evidence Greater Winston-Salem Inc. formally sponsored the project.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

The developer-aligned advocacy site published named entitlement contacts at Montrose LLC.

Key data: Michael Foess, PE, PMP — michael@themontroseteam.com, 704-828-6096; Aaron Sloan — asloan@themontroseteam.com

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: These are developer-side contacts; no county PIO contact found for this case.

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"Project Iron Spur"

Forsyth County (Rural Hall)

Adjacent uses include active rail, a concrete plant, a mulching facility and dumpster services; an existing 230 kV substation sits immediately north with a separate 3.7-acre substation parcel.

Key data: Active rail line; 230 kV substation immediately north; 3.7-acre substation parcel

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Fiber routes not documented.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

The approved rezoning (case ZMA26-001) covered roughly 113 acres across three parcels along US-158 Business between I-85 and Horseshoe Bend Road, opposite the Carolina Pines neighborhood; other reporting describes a 40-acre parcel between Pine Meadow Trail and Horseshoe Bend Road.

Key data: ~113 acres / 3 parcels, US-158 Business (Pine Meadow Trail to Horseshoe Bend Rd), Henderson 27537; case ZMA26-001

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage conflicts (40 vs. 113 acres) between DataCenterDynamics and local sources; no parcel IDs published.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

The applicant is tied to Natelli Investments / Natelli Holdings LLC (Maryland-based, linked to Natelli Communities); county records list individual applicants and an existing property owner.

Key data: Natelli Investments / Natelli Holdings LLC; applicants Michael Natelli and Beth Trahos; property owner Patricia Galloway

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-04 article, retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Ownership detail comes from secondary reporting of county records, not a fetched deed; end user unknown.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

NOT_FOUND. Searched rezoning coverage, community-research site and trackers: no operator/tenant and no named electric utility, substation, MW figure or interconnection reference has been published for this site.

Key data: n.a.

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Project is at speculative-rezoning stage; no permit application filings located.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

Coverage identifies the Kerr Lake regional water system as the supply that residents fear would be strained; no project-specific allocation or agreement was published.

Key data: Kerr Lake regional water system (named in coverage only)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No water service agreement or allocation reference.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

The Vance County planning board unanimously recommended approval in March 2026 and the Vance County Board of Commissioners approved rezoning 6-1 on April 20, 2026 (Employment & Institutional → Light Industrial); final plans require county permitting. No named planner or case manager was published.

Key data: Vance County Planning Board; Vance County Board of Commissioners (6-1, 2026-04-20); case ZMA26-001

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: County planning-department page could not be fetched (HTTP client error), so no staff contacts were confirmed.

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

NOT_FOUND. Searched for a Vance County / Henderson-Vance economic development contact and any general project contact; the Vance County EDC contact page was blocked by robots and no named person appeared in fetched coverage.

Key data: n.a.

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: vancecountyed.com/contact/ fetch blocked (robots_failure).

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Natelli rezoning near Henderson

Vance County (Henderson)

The tract fronts US-158 Business between I-85 and Horseshoe Bend Road within a larger 619-acre (potentially 685-acre) corridor including Triangle North; nearby schools and the Kerr Lake regional water system are the cited sensitive infrastructure.

Key data: US-158 Business; I-85; Triangle North corridor (619–685 acres)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No substation, sewer trunk or fiber detail published.

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Microsoft Person County megasite (1,385 acres)

Person County (Woodsdale Twp / Roxboro)

The site is the former Person County Mega Park in Woodsdale Township on the NC-VA border, ~7 miles north of Roxboro; trackers list a State Road 1333 address, and reporting notes Country Club Road within the site closed on October 8. Roughly 400 acres are wetlands with ~948 acres usable.

Key data: Person County Mega Park, State Rd 1333, Roxboro 27574; 1,350–1,385 acres, Woodsdale Township

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Acreage reported as 1,350 or 1,385; parcel components include a 432.14-acre parcel per Baxtel; no county parcel IDs verified.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Microsoft purchased the megasite (not previously county-owned) in late 2024 for a reported $26.85–27 million after ~18 months of negotiation.

Key data: Microsoft purchase, $26.85M–$27M (Nov/Oct 2024)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Seller identity and deed book/page not found in fetched sources; no shell LLC named.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Microsoft is the purchaser and prospective operator of the campus; Baxtel attributes building ownership to Microsoft Azure. No third-party operator is identified.

Key data: Microsoft (Azure)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: Tracker-sourced; Microsoft has not published operating details.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Duke Energy serves the area; the site lies between Duke's Roxboro and Mayo plants, and the converted Person County Energy Complex/Roxboro units will total 2,720 MW feeding Duke's Carolinas grid. Trackers add Piedmont Electric and a 1,500 MW phase figure.

Key data: Duke Energy (Person County Energy Complex, 2,720 MW); Piedmont Electric noted by tracker; 230 kV lines

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No interconnection agreement number or NCUC large-load docket reference found for the Microsoft load.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

The City of Roxboro controls the water and sewer infrastructure that would serve the site: plant capacity 5 MGD (upgradeable to 8 MGD), with a pre-existing line to the Mega Park able to deliver ~3 MGD.

Key data: City of Roxboro; 5 MGD plant (→8 MGD); ~3 MGD existing line

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No executed water service agreement number published; details were governed by NDAs.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Person County (Woodsdale Township) approved rezoning on August 5; the City of Roxboro controls water/sewer extension; the NC Board of Transportation had to approve the Country Club Road closure; NC DEQ would handle environmental permits.

Key data: Person County BOC + Planning Board; City of Roxboro; NC Board of Transportation

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: n.a.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Person County Planning Director led the rezoning process; the planning board held the public hearing before commissioners approved.

Key data: Chris Bowley, Person County Planning Director

Claim classification: Not yet assigned · Retrieved 2026-08-29

Limitation: No direct phone/email; county planning page fetch blocked (bad_robots_code).

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

Person County Economic Development served as liaison with Microsoft: the economic development director and the economic development chair are both named publicly.

Key data: Brandy Lynch, Person County Economic Development Director; Scott McKinney, Economic Development Chair

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Limitation: No published email/phone; county EDC page fetch blocked.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

The county's official announcement routes datacenter media inquiries to Microsoft's global datacenter PR mailbox; a Microsoft spokesperson is also named in press coverage.

Key data: GlobalDCPR@microsoft.com; spokesperson Annette Hamilton

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Limitation: No county permitting phone line published on that page.

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Microsoft Person County megasite

Person County

The site sits between Duke's Roxboro and Mayo plants with 230 kV transmission lines, an existing water/sewer line and sewer lift station, and a planned electrical substation.

Key data: 230 kV lines; water/sewer line + lift station; planned substation

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Limitation: Fiber routes not documented.

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