SIGNALDATAAccountability. For the People. Preview
Data centers · Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County

2 projects on record · 2 moratorium or ban actions

← Statewide map
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CountyWatauga CountyWayne CountyWilkes CountyWilson CountyYadkin CountyYancey CountyNew Hill Digital Campus · Withdrawn · 250 MWJones Sausage Road data center (Raleigh annexation AX-09-26) · Withdrawn
Projects in Wake County
New Hill Digital CampusNatelli Investments250WithdrawnMarch 5, 202650 MW+
Jones Sausage Road data center (Raleigh annexation AX-09-26)Unnamed buyer (landowner Beacon Partners says it is not involved)—WithdrawnAug. 14, 2026Under 50 MW

Moratoriums and bans

  1. April 14, 2026 Town of Apex: Moratorium. One-year moratorium effective April 28, adopted after the New Hill project was withdrawn. (ABC11 (WTVD), April 14, 2026)
  2. Oct. 6, 2026 City of Raleigh: Moratorium. Six-month moratorium; facilities up to 5 MW would face lighter rules under the proposal. (WUNC, Oct. 7, 2026)

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 6, 2026 City of Raleigh: Moratorium · Six-month moratorium; facilities up to 5 MW would face lighter rules under the proposal. (WUNC, Oct. 7, 2026)
  2. Aug. 14, 2026 Jones Sausage Road data center (Raleigh annexation AX-09-26) · The prospective buyer withdrew annexation petition AX-09-26 days before a council hearing at which more than 130 people had signed up to speak. (WUNC, Aug. 17, 2026; ABC11 (WTVD), Aug. 16, 2026)
  3. April 14, 2026 New Hill Digital Campus · Apex adopted a one-year moratorium on data centers, effective April 28. (ABC11 (WTVD), April 14, 2026)
  4. April 14, 2026 Town of Apex: Moratorium · One-year moratorium effective April 28, adopted after the New Hill project was withdrawn. (ABC11 (WTVD), April 14, 2026)
  5. March 5, 2026 New Hill Digital Campus · Natelli withdrew its annexation and rezoning applications, saying it might return if Apex later allows data centers. (INDY Week, March 5, 2026; Hoodline, March 11, 2026)
  6. Sept. 2025 New Hill Digital Campus · Natelli proposed a data center campus on about 190 acres of farmland off Old U.S. 1 in unincorporated Wake County, seeking annexation into Apex. (INDY Week, March 5, 2026; Bisnow, March 10, 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 →