Data centers in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte has 4 data centers on the record: 3 running and 1 proposed. Charlotte has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Charlotte Water imposed a 150 day moratorium on new data center applications in June while officials study infrastructure capacity and environmental concerns, September 4, 2026. Mecklenburg County's own decisions are on the Mecklenburg County page.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The 4 data centers in Charlotte
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Digital Realty Charlotte
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County · Digital Realty
No dated entry on the record yet.
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- Tenant
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Historic Charlotte building site data center
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Latest, reported September 7, 2026: The Court Arcade was demolished this past week to make way for a three story 29,000 square foot data center wbtv.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
Drag with one finger to move the map, pinch to zoom. Tap a pin for the data center, a county for its rules
4 data centers in Charlotte: 3 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Charlotte has decided
1 body, 2 decisions on the recordWhat the city has 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. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.
- Charlottecity
Charlotte Water imposed a 150 day moratorium on new data center applications in June while officials study infrastructure capacity and environmental concerns, June 2026.
2 acts on this row
- moratorium adopted
Charlotte Water imposed a 150 day moratorium on new data center applications in June while officials study infrastructure capacity and environmental concerns
- event
Data center zoning decision was made off I-85 in Charlotte area
- moratorium adopted
What happened
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· Historic Charlotte building site data center
Now reported: The Charlotte Water moratorium on data center applications is scheduled to expire November 5 yahoo.com national outlet
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· Charlotte
Moratorium adopted: Charlotte Water imposed a 150 day moratorium on new data center applications in June while officials study infrastructure capacity and environmental concerns yahoo.com national outlet
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· Charlotte
Scorecard event: Data center zoning decision was made off I-85 in Charlotte area charlotteobserver.com local outlet
What was said
Charlotte Water Public Affairs Manager Jennifer Frost said data centers currently operating in Charlotte have not caused residential water or sewer rates to increase
The county and nearby counties
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 4 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records |
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 | 4 | 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 4 tracked facilities in Charlotte are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 4 tracked facilities in Charlotte are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/mecklenburg-county/charlotte, updated September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/mecklenburg-county/charlotte. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/nc/mecklenburg-county/charlotte
- Level
- city
- Census GEOID
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