Tract Plans 400-acre Data Center Park outside Charlotte

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 Road and Rustic Road, could total 1.5 million sq ft of data center space at full build-out.

Duke Energy will be providing power to the site. Tract said the proposed Mooresville Technology Park is an “ideal site for a vital data center” as it is both centrally located in North Carolina and near existing Duke Energy transmission lines capable of serving a high-tech facility.

The land is currently owned by Teresa Earnhardt, widow of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, via Earnhardt Farms LLC. The project is causing a public family feud within the Earnhardt family, with some speaking out against the project in public meetings.

“My Dad would be livid for his name to be associated in this title!” Dale Earnhardt’s son Kerry wrote on Facebook this week. “Frankly, I’m ashamed our family name is involved in the request to rezone a community that is thriving as a Rural Residential/Agriculture zone to be changed to Industrial.”