Data centers in Cary, North Carolina

No data center in Cary is on the record. The nearest one planned is CyrusOne Durham DUR1-DUR2, about 14 miles away, reported. The nearest running is TierPoint Raleigh, about 11 miles away. The nearest stalled or cancelled is Southeast Raleigh data center, about 10 miles away, cancelled.

Cary 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: Cary approved an 18 month moratorium on data centers, reported August 28, 2026. Wake County's own decisions are on the Wake County page.

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The closest data centers to Cary

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.

Nearest one planned

Reported
Site not located

CyrusOne Durham DUR1-DUR2

Durham, Durham County · CyrusOne

No dated entry on the record yet.

About 14 miles from the center of Cary to the center of Durham.
Nearest one running

Running
Site not located

TierPoint Raleigh

Raleigh, Wake County · TierPoint

No dated entry on the record yet.

About 11 miles from the center of Cary to the center of Raleigh.
Nearest one stalled or cancelled

Cancelled
Site not located

Southeast Raleigh data center

Raleigh, Wake County

Latest, reported August 17, 2026: Beacon Partners withdrew its proposal to build a data center on Jones Sausage Road

About 10 miles from the center of Cary to Raleigh, the seat of Wake County.

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

What Cary has decided 1 body, 2 decisions 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.

Body	Level	Rating	In force until	Latest act	Acts	Verified
Cary	city	not rated		Cary approved an 18 month moratorium on data centers. abc11.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Aug 282 acts on this row Every act on the Cary row Reported Aug 28 moratorium adopted Cary approved an 18 month moratorium on data centers abc11.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Aug 28 moratorium adopted Cary, NC adopted a data center pause or moratorium govtech.com (opens in a new tab) national outlet Last verified August 28, 2026.	2	2026-08-28

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The rules across North Carolina

What happened

Reported August 28, 2026Moratorium adoptedCary

Cary approved an 18 month moratorium on data centers

abc11.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
Reported August 28, 2026Moratorium adoptedCary

Cary, NC adopted a data center pause or moratorium

govtech.com (opens in a new tab) national outlet

North Carolina, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Wake County: 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 stalled or cancelled. A pause is on the record.

11 miles away Raleigh: 2 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.

14 miles away Durham: 1 data center on the record.

18 miles away Durham County: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.

29 miles away Lee County: 1 data center on the record.

60 miles away, Virginia Clarksville: 1 data center on the record.

66 miles away, Virginia Boydton: 1 data center on the record.

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

Questions about Cary

Is there a data center near Cary?

No data center in Cary is on the record. The nearest one planned is CyrusOne Durham DUR1-DUR2, about 14 miles from the center of Cary to the center of Durham, reported. The nearest running is TierPoint Raleigh, about 11 miles from the center of Cary to the center of Raleigh. The nearest stalled or cancelled is Southeast Raleigh data center, about 10 miles from the center of Cary to Raleigh, the seat of Wake County, cancelled.

answered from the rows above

Is Cary allowing new data centers?

Cary has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: Cary approved an 18 month moratorium on data centers, reported August 28, 2026.

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About this data

Last verified August 28, 2026

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Cary, Wake County, North Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nc/wake-county/cary, updated August 28, 2026.

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Level: city
Census GEOID: 3710740
Census geography: Incorporated place, Cary town
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