Data center campus · 316 Old Cheraw Highway, Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina
Terra Nexus Old Cheraw Highway data center
Approved
as of Sept. 8, 2026
Rockingham's city council voted 4-1 to rezone residential land on Old Cheraw Highway for a $1.2 billion data center by Terra Nexus, the third such project discussed in Richmond County.
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Who is behind it
ProjectTerra Nexus Old Cheraw Highway data center
Developer and teamTerra Nexus Land Fund I LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.
The record, newest first
City Council held the public hearing on the conditional rezoning sought by Terra Nexus Land Fund I LLC, which bought the property in June, and approved it 4-1; about 20 people spoke. (NC Environmental Justice Network (event listing), Sept. 8, 2026; WSOC-TV, Sept. 15, 2026)
WSOC reported the planning board had unanimously recommended changing the land from high-density residential to conditional light industrial; the plan was described as several buildings, about 30 jobs and $1.2 billion, and neighbors were divided. (WSOC-TV, Aug. 10, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- No acreage or power figure in the sources opened, so size against the scope floor is unconfirmed; kept as a contested rezoning.
- WSOC's Sept. 15 story puts the hearing and vote "last week"; the Sept. 8 date comes from the hearing listing.
The full record
- Status note
- Rezoning approved 4-1; no building timeline was given.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)