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Data centers · Richmond County, North Carolina

Richmond County

1 project on record

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Projects in Richmond County
Amazon Web Services Richmond County campusAmazon Web Services—Under constructionSept. 202650 MW+

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 16, 2026 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · WUNC reported that state officials had approved both air permits, covering 645 generators in all, and that the campus would need about 1 gigawatt of power. (WUNC, Sept. 16, 2026)
  2. July 30, 2026 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · More than 200 people attended the state air-permit hearing in Rockingham. (WUNC / WFAE, July 30, 2026; WUNC, Sept. 16, 2026)
  3. June 29, 2026 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · The Division of Air Quality scheduled a hearing on draft Title V permits; Amazon's application describes 21 buildings backed by 1,600 MW of diesel generation, and Duke Energy sought a separate permit for 57 temporary generators on the site. (WFAE (via WHQR), June 29, 2026)
  4. Oct. 30, 2025 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · Amazon held a groundbreaking for the campus off Airport Road, describing 20 buildings to be built over about seven years and paying for a new Hamlet fire substation, trucks and two years of firefighter salaries. (WSOC-TV, Oct. 30, 2025)
  5. June 4, 2025 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · Gov. Josh Stein announced Amazon's plan to invest $10 billion in a cloud computing and AI campus in Richmond County with at least 500 jobs. (Office of the Governor of North Carolina, June 4, 2025)
  6. June 3, 2025 Amazon Web Services Richmond County campus · Richmond County commissioners approved an incentive package of yearly cash grants for 20 years tied to portions of the property taxes the campus pays, contingent on jobs and investment, as reported by the Richmond Observer and AP. (ABC11 (WTVD) / Associated Press, June 4, 2025)

Statewide

G.S. 105-164.13(55a) exempts from state sales and use tax the electricity and support equipment (power, cooling, servers, networking) for a qualifying datacenter: one where the Commerce Secretary finds at least $75 million will be invested within five years and that meets a wage standard for its area and provides health insurance to its full-time employees; the older (55) exemption covers eligible internet datacenters investing $250 million in lower-tier counties. (North Carolina General Assembly, Oct. 20, 2026; North Carolina General Assembly, Oct. 20, 2026) Senate Bill 730, the Ratepayer Protection Act, was rewritten in the House to require utilities to contract with large data centers so they cover the cost of serving them; the House passed it 69-44 on June 3, 2026, and the Senate sent it to its Rules Committee on June 8 with no further action recorded. (North Carolina General Assembly, Oct. 20, 2026; Carolina Journal, June 4, 2026) Duke Energy reached a settlement in October 2026 in its rate cases (NCUC dockets E-7 Sub 1329 and E-2 Sub 1380) making an existing tariff mandatory for data centers and other customers that use large amounts of power nearly all the time, with upfront payment for dedicated facilities such as substations; it would not apply to contracts signed on or before June 1, 2026 and needs Utilities Commission approval. (WUNC / WFAE, Oct. 7, 2026; WUNC / WFAE, Oct. 14, 2026) Local moratoriums rest on G.S. 160D-107; Orange County cited it, and a Superior Court judge ruled in September 2026 that Chatham County's moratorium could not halt a project already under way. (Orange County, N.C., April 21, 2026; NC Newsline, Sept. 22, 2026) North Carolina data centers →