North Carolina Data Center Market

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The North Carolina data center market is located in the region of Mid-Atlantic and within United States. North Carolina has 127 facilities.

The top providers in North Carolina are Apple (6 sites) and Google with 2 facilities . The most popular facilities are Lumos Charlotte (DC74 CLT4) and TierPoint Charlotte: Rose Lake.

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Market Facts

North Carolina Data Center Map

North Carolina Power Growth Over Time

+12% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
Land Bank
In Doubt
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Largest Providers in North Carolina

Apple
Site
Power
Operational
5
220.0
Construction
1
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
6
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Google
Site
Power
Operational
1
76.0
Construction
1
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
2
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Microsoft Azure
Site
Power
Operational
0
0.0
Construction
3
Planned
15
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
3
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
3
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Core Scientific
Site
Power
Operational
1
104.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Largest Data Centers in North Carolina

Location About Total SqFt Power (MW)
Core Scientific: Marble NN Request Dataset NN Request Dataset
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CyrusOne Raleigh-Durham I
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Regions in North Carolina

Data Center Events in North Carolina See all

2 events
Event Starts in Details
10 days
View Southeast Power NEXT 2026
Organized by:
Infocast
Type:
Data Center Power
Description:

Southeast Power NEXT is a three-day executive conference organized by Infocast, convening state regulators, electric utilities, data center energy negotiators, and renewable energy developers across the southeastern United States. Taking place November 4–6, 2026, at the Sheraton & Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, the gathering brings together approximately 500 e...

18 days
View Carolinas Data Center Conference & Expo
Organized by:
Bisnow
Type:
Data Center Investment
Description:

Bisnow's Carolinas Data Center Conference & Expo is a single-day event on November 12, 2026, at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Part of Bisnow's DICE (Data Centers Investment Conference & Expo) series, the conference brings together developers, investors, operators, utility executives, and construction leaders active in the North and South Carolina data center m...

About This Metro

What makes North Carolina attractive for Data Centers?

The infrastructure that once powered textile factories is being converted to support data centers. Facebook is located in an old textile mill near Forest City, NC. In 2006 Google started the trend and decided to build a facility in Caldwell County. In 2009 Facebook selected Maiden to build their data center.

North Carolina Data Center Corridor

Includes many enterprises or webscale content companies that have chosen the area because of the inexpensive power and building infrastructure. Including Apple, Facebook, Google, WiPro, Bed Bath & Beyond, AT&T, Disney, and Boeing.

North Carolina Tax Incentives for Data Centers

In 2014, the state passed the HB 117 North Carolina Competes Act, which provides tax abatements to data centers with tax exemption for both data center construction and operations. House Bill 117 creates a new set of tax incentives for datacenters qualifying under its provisions. Effective January 1, 2016, sales of electricity and data center support equipment for use in a qualifying data center will be exempt from sales tax.

A qualifying data center is one that (a) satisfies the Department of Commerce wage standards and health insurance requirements and (b) involves an aggregate investment of at least $75 million in private funds over a five-year period any time after January 1, 2012. The Secretary of Commerce must make a written determination that a data center is a qualifying data center for the exemption to apply.

Datacenter support equipment is specifically defined as property that is capitalized for tax purposes and used for the purposes defined in the statute. This change also allows colocation data centers to combine the investment of an operator with the investment of tenants to qualify for the exemption.

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