Data center project · Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Digital Realty Moores Chapel Road campus
Approved · Charlotte rezoned 156 acres in west Charlotte for Digital Realty's two-building, up to 400 MW campus, which would be the state's largest by size and power.
- Status
- Approved · as of May 2025
- Location
- 12899 Moores Chapel Road, west Charlotte · Mecklenburg County
- Power
- 400 MW
Up to 400 MW of IT capacity, as previously stated by the company and reported. - Floor area
- 3,000,000 sq ft
- Land
- 156 acres
- Investment
- $160 million land purchase (reported)
- Developer and team
- Digital Realty
- Utility
- Duke Energy
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- Oct. 7, 2026 WUNC reported the project may be among those with Duke Energy contracts signed on or before June 1, 2026, which the proposed large-load tariff would not cover. (WUNC / WFAE, Oct. 7, 2026)
- May 2025 City Council approved the rezoning; by October 2025 trees had been cleared and construction timing was not public. (Queen City News (WJZY), via Yahoo News, Oct. 21, 2025)
- April 21, 2025 Charlotte City Council heard Digital Realty's request to allow about 3 million square feet of data center space on the 156-acre site, which it bought for $160 million in November 2024. (GovTech (The Charlotte Observer, via TNS), April 23, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- Exact rezoning vote date and petition number not pulled from city records.
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