Digital Realty Moores Chapel Campus (CLT)
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Digital Realty Moores Chapel Campus (CLT) is a planned data center in Charlotte, NC. Reported capacity is 400 MW. 156-acre rezoning approved May 2025; two buildings ~3M sq ft on Moores Chapel Rd; largest DC in NC, site cleared and construction underway per local reporting Reported 2025. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Digital Realty's Moores Chapel Campus rezoning for 156 acres and 400MW data center was approved by Charlotte City Council in May 2025; site clearing underway but formal construction start not publicly confirmed. Source: https://www.charlottenc.gov/Growth-and-Development/Planning-and-Development/Rezoning/2024/2024-144.
- 400 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced Nov 27, 2024
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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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
- Digital Realty
- County
- Mecklenburg County, NC
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Address
- Charlotte, NC
- Stage
- Planned
Size: not on file
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RenderingSite plan: Digital Realty / City of Charlotte filing (via DCD)
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