Lee County data center
Lee County residents demanded a pause on a data center project, claiming deception by the developer. It is reported, as reported August 18, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Lee County and the cities in it about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Lee County Board of Commissioners did not include moratorium or UDO discussion on agenda for September 22 meeting | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Citizens opposed to a proposed data center on Lower Moncure Road requested Lee County Board of Commissioners place moratorium and UDO amendment discussions on the meeting agenda | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Public outcry and outrage over Lee County data center project | thecooldown.com | |
| Lee County | PointOne Data Centers plans an 11 building campus on land originally permitted for a business park | thecooldown.com | |
| Lee County | Lee County commissioners signed off on changes to permit data centers in light industrial zones | thecooldown.com |
4 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | More than 150 residents attended a Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting on August 18, 2026 to oppose a proposed data center facility on Lower Moncure Road | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Eric Davidson, a newly appointed Republican commissioner, offered a motion to impose a 90 day moratorium on new data centers but withdrew it after County Attorney Whitney Parrish advised commissioners lacked authority to enact a moratorium without following state mandated procedures | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Lee County Board of Commissioners rejected a resolution urging the North Carolina General Assembly to research and enact legislation for data centers | rantnc.com | |
| Lee County | Lee County commissioners will vote on an extension to their data center moratorium | walb.com |
What happened
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
A proposed 90 megawatt data center is planned near Cumnock on Lower Moncure Road with plans to drill beneath Deep River [2]
The full Lee County data center timeline, in order
1 correction to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Samantha Martin, Board Chair, stated the current UDO requires administrative review and approval of data centers if application is in correct zoning district
Every statement about data centers in North Carolina, by speaker
The site
Where in Lee County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 9 other published records in North Carolina
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Lee County, North Carolina
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
4 questions answered from the record
Who is building Lee County data center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Lee County data center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Lee County data center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported August 18, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 18, 2026: A proposed 90 megawatt data center is planned near Cumnock on Lower Moncure Road with plans to drill beneath Deep River [2].
What has Lee County decided about it?
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Lee County: Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance (reported September 18, 2026, source); and Lee County: Lee County Board of Commissioners did not include moratorium or UDO discussion on agenda for September 22 meeting (reported September 18, 2026, source). 10 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
Sources
Reporting
- Lee County residents demand pause on NC data center, claiming deception - ncnewsline.com, ncnewsline.com, July 15, 2026, local outlet
- Commissioners reject attempts to pause data center project - rantnc.com, rantnc.com, August 18, 2026, local outlet
- Lee County, North Carolina, www.cyrusone.com, August 17, 2026, local outlet
3 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Lee County data center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/lee-county-data-center-nc, last verified September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Lee County data center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/lee-county-data-center-nc. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Slug
- lee-county-data-center-nc
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/nc/lee-county
- Coordinates
- 35.4758, -79.1756
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Sanford), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Last verified
- 2026-09-17