Data centers in Lee County, North Carolina
Lee County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Lee County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance, September 18, 2026.
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The data center in Lee County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Lee County data center
Lee County
Latest, 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 rantnc.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Lee County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Lee County has decided
1 body, 6 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Lee Countycounty
Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance, reported September 18, 2026.
6 acts on this row
- moratorium
Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance
- moratorium
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
- event
Lee County commissioners signed off on changes to permit data centers in light industrial zones
- statement
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
- moratorium
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
- event
Lee County Board of Commissioners rejected a resolution urging the North Carolina General Assembly to research and enact legislation for data centers
- moratorium
What happened
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· Lee County
Moratorium: Opponents requested county enact data center moratorium and adopt changes to Unified Development Ordinance rantnc.com local outlet
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· Lee County
Moratorium: 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 local outlet
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· Lee County
Scorecard event: Lee County commissioners signed off on changes to permit data centers in light industrial zones thecooldown.com local outlet
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· Lee County
Statement: 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 local outlet
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· Lee County
Moratorium: 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 local outlet
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· Lee County
Scorecard event: Lee County Board of Commissioners rejected a resolution urging the North Carolina General Assembly to research and enact legislation for data centers rantnc.com local outlet
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
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Lee County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Lee County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lee County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/lee-county, updated September 18, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Lee County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/lee-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/nc/lee-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
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- Scale word
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