Data centers in Richmond County, North Carolina
Richmond County has 1 data center on the record; it is being built. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Richmond County yet.
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The data center in Richmond County
Every Richmond County record 1 record · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus Hamlet, Richmond County | Being built | Amazon Web Services | 1,000 | Amazon's North Carolina data center sought and received state approval for diesel generator permits amid community pushback over the use of diesel power. deq.nc.gov (opens in a new tab) query feed September 1, 2026 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus | Hamlet, Richmond | Being built | Amazon Web Services | 1,000 | the developer's figure | site | 4 | 2026-10-27 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
The cities in Richmond County on the record (1)
| City | Census GEOID | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Hamlet | 3729160 |
A city without a record is listed, not linked.
What happened
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Now waiting on permitsAmazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus
deq.nc.gov (opens in a new tab) query feed
Nearby places with records
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every North Carolina county.
Disclosed figures
1 GW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 1 GW | 1 | 0 | 1 the developer's figure |
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 1 | 1 GW |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
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 Richmond County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Richmond County is cooled.
About this data
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Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Richmond County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/richmond-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- 37153
- Census geography
- County, Richmond County
- Rating
- Not rated