| Natelli data center site, US-158 (Triangle North Vance) | Natelli Holdings (as named by The Daily Dispatch) | — | Approved | April 20, 2026 | 50 MW+ |
Updates, newest first
- June 5, 2026 Natelli data center site, US-158 (Triangle North Vance) · A draft economic study described a facility of about 4 million square feet on about 100 acres paying up to $57 million a year in county taxes when complete; a separate entity managed by Engineered Land Solutions' CEO had a land contract off Brodie Road. (The Daily Dispatch (Henderson), June 5, 2026)
- April 20, 2026 Natelli data center site, US-158 (Triangle North Vance) · Vance County commissioners approved a rezoning for Natelli's parcel off US-158 at a special called meeting. (The Daily Dispatch (Henderson), June 5, 2026)
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 →