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Compass Statesville Campus
Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina · All 6 Compass Datacenters sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker
Compass Statesville Campus is a proposed data center in Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County), operated by Compass Datacenters. The public record puts it at announced September 2025, 500 MW planned, 333 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Compass Datacenters
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Statesville, Iredell County, NC
- Coordinates
- 35.7826, -80.8873
- Power capacity
- 500 MW planned
- Land
- 333 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- September 2025
- Utility
- Duke Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- September 2025ProposedStatesville City Council rezoned a 333-acre site for a Compass Datacenters campus (5 buildings, ~500 MW); Duke Energy contracted power per a Feb 2026 8-K Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Compass Statesville Campus in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Statesville City Council voted 8-0 to approve the rezoning (Sept 16, 2025) after a roughly two-hour public hearing where 17 residents spoke against the project versus 5 in favor; the Planning Board had likewise recommended approval at an earlier hearing packed with vocal opposition.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Statesville City Council voted 8-0 to approve the rezoning (Sept 16, 2025) after a roughly two-hour public hearing where 17 residents spoke against the project versus 5 in favor; the Planning Board had likewise recommended approval at an earlier hearing packed with vocal opposition.
Notes on the record
333-acre site in Statesville, Iredell County; five buildings, ~500 MW (per JLL marketing), near a Duke Energy substation. Rezoned Sept 2025; Duke's Feb 2026 8-K referenced ~4.5 GW of contracted large load including Compass and Microsoft. Coordinates are the Statesville area centroid.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Mooresville Campus · Mooresville · Tract15 mi · Cancelled
- Microsoft Conover Data Center · Conover · Microsoft19 mi · Under construction
- Microsoft Maiden Data Center · Maiden · Microsoft23 mi · Under construction
- Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) · Salisbury · Flexential24 mi · Proposed · 55 MW · Opposed
- Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud) · Maiden · Apple25 mi · Operating
- Microsoft Hickory Data Center · Hickory · Microsoft26 mi · Under construction
- Long Ferry Road Data Center Campus (Rowan County) · Undisclosed developer28 mi · Proposed · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Compass Statesville Campus in Statesville?
Yes. Compass Statesville Campus in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Statesville City Council voted 8-0 to approve the rezoning (Sept 16, 2025) after a roughly two-hour public hearing where 17 residents spoke against the project versus 5 in favor; the Planning Board had likewise recommended approval at an earlier hearing packed with vocal opposition.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Compass Statesville Campus?
No lawsuit over Compass Statesville Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Compass Statesville Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Compass Statesville Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Compass Statesville Campus, and how big is it?
Compass Datacenters is the operator on record. We hold 6 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 500 MW. The site is recorded at 333 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Compass Statesville Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/compass-statesville-nc.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/compass-statesville-nc, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Compass Datacenters proposes 333-acre campus in Statesville, North Carolina · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Duke Energy Form 8-K (Feb 2026), large-load contracts · U.S. SEC / Duke Energy · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 3.WBTV, "Statesville City Council approves rezoning request for new data center" · retrieved July 26, 2026
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