Is a Data Center Coming

States

Data centers in North Carolina

28 tracked, 7 planned or under construction, 810 MW in the pipeline. Planning filings are researched county by county here; see how coverage works.

1
rumored
1
filed
2
under construction
17
operating
3
withdrawn
1
denied
3
on hold

Counties

Mecklenburg County 6 Wake County 6 Durham County 3 Caldwell County 1 Catawba County 1 Chatham County 1 Cleveland County 1 Edgecombe County 1 Forsyth County 1 Guilford County 1 Iredell County 1 Person County 1 Richmond County 1 Rockingham County 1 Rutherford County 1 Yadkin County 1

Biggest projects

Any status, ranked by the megawatts on the filing.

1
TIP West Operator not disclosed, Chatham County, NC
On hold Updated Aug 18, 2026
750MW

Recent filings and updates

All tracked North Carolina projects

Stopped

Withdrawn, denied or on hold. Full list, every state, at stopped projects.

TIP West Operator not disclosed, Chatham County
On hold

Your power bill

Data centers change bills through the utility's own rate cases and large load tariffs, not a separate charge you would see by name. Pending electric rate cases in North Carolina, in dollars a month, is our sister site's full tracker for this state.

Duke Energy Carolinas North Carolina rate case and large load tariff Duke Energy Carolinas
Settled 11.6% requested

Duke Energy Carolinas originally asked North Carolina regulators for an 18 percent residential rate increase over two years, then lowered its request to about 11.6 percent after pushback. Hearings ran in July 2026 and a settlement was reached soon after, but the North Carolina Utilities Commission still needs to issue a final order, with a decision deadline around September 20, 2026. Commissioners have pressed Duke on how much of its 100 billion dollar spending plan through 2035 is being driven by data centers, which make up a large majority of Duke's large load request queue.