The 1,845-acre rezoning for Project Delta has been completely voided following a lawsuit over a county procedural error, forcing developers to restart the approval process from scratch. Although the Stokes County Board of Commissioners initially approved the multi-hundred-megawatt data center campus near Walnut Cove in January 2026, they voted to rescind it in April after learning the public hearing notices violated state deadlines, reverting the land back to residential-agricultural status.
Engineered Land Solutions (ELS) is moving ahead by submitting a brand-new application, but they face intensifying community opposition; local groups and descendants of the Saura tribe and Hairston plantation are citing massive power grid strains, potential pollution of the Dan River, and threats to ancestral burial grounds while aggressively pushing the county for a one-year data center moratorium.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 8.88 miles | Enovum(WhiteFiber): Madison NC1 |
Enovum acquired a roughly 946,585 sq ft (87,940 sqm) industrial/manufacturing facility and its nearly 95-acre land for $53.2 million in Madison.
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| 8.93 miles | Nscale: Madison, NC |
WhiteFiber, the high-performance computing subsidiary of Bit Digital, has secured a landmark $865 million, ten-year agreement with neocloud provider Nscale for substantial capacity at its NC-1 facility in Madison, North Carolina.
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| 11.72 miles | Drox: Greensboro Campus |
The Charlotte-based developer Drox Group LLC has proposed a massive $3 billion hyperscale data center campus, known as "Project Iron Spur," on 129 acre in Rural Hall, North Carolina.
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| 13.66 miles | SolidSpace Winston |
SolidSpace has ceased operations in February 2025
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| 19.87 miles | Segra: Winston-Salem |
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ELS specializes in solving complex land development challenges for organizations operating at the intersection of technology and real estate.
The company’s expertise spans consulting, ownership, and horizontal land development. This multifaceted approach allows ELS to function as a seamless, end-to-end platform, designed to advance projects with a focus on efficiency and responsible development.
March 06, 2026 North Carolina
A developer has withdrawn plans for a 250MW data center project in Apex, North Carolina. Natelli Investments LLC had proposed building four 200,000 sq ft data centers on an 89-acre site next to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant.The company said the proposed New Hill Digital Campus would have...
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February 25, 2026 North Carolina
The technology firm acquired the 1,350-acre Person County Mega Park in Woodsdale Township back in November 2024, reportedly paying $26.85 million for the land. At the time, no plans for the site were shared.Kyle Puryear, Person County board of commissioners chairman, said: “Person County is proud...
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January 10, 2026 North Carolina
A large data center campus is being proposed outside Greensboro, North Carolina. The Stokes County board of commissioners is due to meet next week to discuss an amendment to the county’s zoning ordinance to include data centers as permitted in the heavy manufacturing conditional zoning...
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December 24, 2025 North Carolina
Colo firm WhiteFiber has agreed a $865 million deal with Nscale that will see the neocloud take 40MW of space at an upcoming data center in North Carolina. The ten-year deal will see Nscale rent space at WhiteFiber’s NC-1 facility in Madison, North Carolina."WhiteFiber has taken a prudent and...
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August 02, 2025 North Carolina
A US data center park developer is seeking to build a new campus in North Carolina. In planning since last year, the site is currently zoned RA – Residential Agricultural. Tract’s site plans suggest up to five buildings could be developed on the site. The 400-acre site, between Patterson Farm...
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