American Tower East Charlotte Data Center
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Progress has stalled on American Tower East Charlotte Data Center, American Tower Corporation's data center project in Charlotte, NC. American Tower Asset Sub LLC filed Charlotte Rezoning Petition 2024-017 to build a data center on part of its 58-acre wireless-tower site on Hood Road near the Reedy Creek Nature Preserve in east Charlotte, targeting a mid-2028 opening of a roughly 40,000 sq ft facility to sell server space to small/medium businesses. A community petition drew 3,000+ signatures opposing it and the public hearing was deferred multiple times through spring 2026.
Project status
- Announced
- Stalled
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Records and documentation
North Carolina state legislation
- SB98 - Sales tax exemption for qualified data centers ($250M+ investment)Provides a sales tax exemption for construction or remodeling of qualified data centers with a minimum $250 million investment.Download
- Ordinance Implementing Moratorium on Development PermitsCumberland County, NC ordinance imposing a moratorium on data center development permits, adopted June 15, 2026, expiring December 15.Download
- NCUC Docket E-7, Sub 1329 - Duke Energy Carolinas Rate Case (Large Load Tariff)Filed Nov 2025 (15% revenue increase over two years). June 2026 testimony proposed a large-load tariff requiring data centers/big industrial customers to pay a minimum bill for a decade-plus regardless of actual usage. NCUC decision expected late 2026.Download
- H1180 - Data Center AmendmentsDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- American Tower Corporation
- County
- Mecklenburg County, NC
- Address
- Charlotte, NC
- Stage
- Stalled
Capacity and size: not on file
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