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Data centers in Swain County, North Carolina

No data center in Swain County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. Swain County 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: Swain County adopted a one year moratorium on data center development, September 15, 2026.

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No data center in Swain County yet

No data center is on the record in Swain County yet. The first published record in Swain County puts it on the map and in the list here.

What Swain County has decided

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  1. Swain Countycounty

    Swain County adopted a one year moratorium on data center development, reported September 15, 2026.

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    1. moratorium adopted

      Swain County adopted a one year moratorium on data center development

      wlos.com local outlet

    Last verified September 15, 2026.

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  1. · Swain County

    Moratorium adopted: Swain County adopted a one year moratorium on data center development wlos.com local outlet

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Nearby counties with records

88 miles away Rutherford County 1 data center on the record 112 miles away Caldwell County 1 data center on the record 150 miles away Mecklenburg County 4 data centers on the record · pause on the record 241 miles away Lee County 1 data center on the record

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Swain County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/swain-county, updated September 15, 2026.

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