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Data centers in Waxhaw, North Carolina

No data center in Waxhaw is on the record. The nearest one planned is Historic Charlotte building site data center, about 21 miles away, reported. The nearest running data centers are Digital Realty Charlotte, H5 Charlotte and TierPoint Charlotte, placed together at the center of Charlotte, about 19 miles away.

Waxhaw 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: Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers, reported August 12, 2026. Union County's own decisions are on the Union County page.

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The closest data centers to Waxhaw

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in North Carolina and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported In court

    Site not located

    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

    About 21 miles from the center of Waxhaw to Charlotte, the seat of Mecklenburg County.

    wbtv.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Digital Realty Charlotte

    Charlotte, Mecklenburg County · Digital Realty

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    About 19 miles from the center of Waxhaw to the center of Charlotte.

    Also placed at the center of Charlotte: H5 Charlotte and TierPoint Charlotte.

What Waxhaw has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What 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 one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Waxhawcitynot ratedTown of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers. wbtv.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Aug 121 act on this row
Every act on the Waxhaw row
  1. moratorium adopted

    Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers

    wbtv.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet

Last verified August 12, 2026.

12026-08-12

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.

The rules across North Carolina

What happened

  1. Moratorium adoptedWaxhaw

    Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers

North Carolina, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Union County: No data center on the record yet. A pause is on the record.
19 miles away Charlotte: 4 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
22 miles away Mecklenburg County: 4 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
25 miles away, South Carolina York County: 1 data center on the record.
70 miles away Forest City: 1 data center on the record.
71 miles away, South Carolina Spartanburg County: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.
74 miles away Rutherford County: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every North Carolina county.

Questions about Waxhaw

Is there a data center near Waxhaw?

No data center in Waxhaw is on the record. The nearest one planned is Historic Charlotte building site data center, about 21 miles from the center of Waxhaw to Charlotte, the seat of Mecklenburg County, reported. The nearest running is Digital Realty Charlotte, about 19 miles from the center of Waxhaw to the center of Charlotte, one of 3 the record places at the same point.

answered from the rows above

Is Waxhaw allowing new data centers?

Waxhaw has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers, reported August 12, 2026.

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Researcher view · Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina · 0 records, 1 rule row · Census GEOID 3771460 · basis and source tier on every row · verified August 12, 2026

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