SIGNALDATAAccountability. For the People. Preview
Data center project · Rockingham County, North Carolina

WhiteFiber NC-1 (Madison)

Under construction · WhiteFiber is converting a 1 million-square-foot Madison plant into an AI data center with 99 MW of Duke Energy capacity under contract.

← North Carolina data centers
Alamance CountyAlexander CountyAlleghany CountyAnson CountyAshe CountyAvery CountyBeaufort CountyBertie CountyBladen CountyBrunswick CountyBuncombe CountyBurke CountyCabarrus CountyCaldwell CountyCamden CountyCarteret CountyCaswell CountyCatawba CountyChatham CountyCherokee CountyChowan CountyClay CountyCleveland CountyColumbus CountyCraven CountyCumberland CountyCurrituck CountyDare CountyDavidson CountyDavie CountyDuplin CountyDurham CountyEdgecombe CountyForsyth CountyFranklin CountyGaston CountyGates CountyGraham CountyGranville CountyGreene CountyGuilford CountyHalifax CountyHarnett CountyHaywood CountyHenderson CountyHertford CountyHoke CountyHyde CountyIredell CountyJackson CountyJohnston CountyJones CountyLee CountyLenoir CountyLincoln CountyMacon CountyMadison CountyMartin CountyMcDowell CountyMecklenburg CountyMitchell CountyMontgomery CountyMoore CountyNash CountyNew Hanover CountyNorthampton CountyOnslow CountyOrange CountyPamlico CountyPasquotank CountyPender CountyPerquimans CountyPerson CountyPitt CountyPolk CountyRandolph CountyRichmond CountyRobeson CountyRockingham CountyRowan CountyRutherford CountySampson CountyScotland CountyStanly CountyStokes CountySurry CountySwain CountyTransylvania CountyTyrrell CountyUnion CountyVance CountyWake CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWatauga CountyWayne CountyWilkes CountyWilson CountyYadkin CountyYancey CountyWhiteFiber NC-1 (Madison) · Under construction · 99 MW
Status
Under construction · as of May 6, 2026
Location
Former industrial plant, Madison · Rockingham County
Power
99 MW
99 MW under the Duke capacity agreement; up to 200 MW possible.
Floor area
1,000,000 sq ft
Land
96 acres
Developer and team
WhiteFiber (Bit Digital)
Utility
Duke Energy
Incentives
Confirmed as a qualifying datacenter for N.C. sales and use tax exemptions (company)
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. May 6, 2026 WhiteFiber's page for the Madison campus (last updated May 6, 2026) said the building's electrical and cooling systems were being retrofitted to Tier 3 standards; it listed 24 MW as operational in one place and as expected in late 2025 in another. (WhiteFiber Inc., May 6, 2026)
  2. June 2, 2025 WhiteFiber said it bought the 96-acre site, had a Duke Energy capacity agreement for 99 MW (24 MW first), could grow to 200 MW, and had been confirmed as a qualifying data center for state sales tax exemptions. (WhiteFiber Inc. (Bit Digital) news release, via Channelchek/PR Newswire, June 2, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Whether the first 24 MW came online by the end of 2025 as planned was not confirmed.
  • The company's page is inconsistent on whether the first 24 MW is online; not confirmed from Duke Energy or state records.

Have records about this project? Send them to tips@signaldata.org.