Data Center Registry

Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street)

Matthews, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) is a cancelled data center in Matthews, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County), operated by Crosland Southeast. The public record puts it at 123 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Crosland Southeast
Facility type: Data center
Location: 1603 East John Street, Matthews, Mecklenburg County, NC, 28105
Coordinates: 35.1015, -80.7082 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 123 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
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: Opposed
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

October 8, 2025
Cancelled
Developers withdrew the rezoning request; the mayor announced the withdrawal after sustained public opposition. Source: Charlotte Observer (via Yahoo News)
July 2025
Proposed
Matthews Board of Commissioners initiated a rezoning for the 123-acre site at 1603 E. John St. for data center use; five two-story buildings were proposed. Source: Charlotte Observer (via Yahoo News)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) in Matthews, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. A petition against the project gathered more than 2,700 signatures; residents raised noise, power, water and neighborhood-character concerns.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

A petition against the project gathered more than 2,700 signatures; residents raised noise, power, water and neighborhood-character concerns. Mayor John Higdon attributed the withdrawal to 'overwhelming public distaste'.

Source: Charlotte Observer (via Yahoo News)

Notes on the record

Codenamed Project Accelerate; Engineered Land Solutions worked with Crosland Southeast on the filing. No capacity is recorded: the 'up to 600 MW' figure describes the withdrawn proposal's electricity request, not a built or permitted capacity. The withdrawal date (Oct. 8, 2025) and reason (public opposition) are as reported by the Charlotte Observer. As of September 2026, no new filings or developments were found at this site since.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) data center in Matthews?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) data center?

No lawsuit over Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) appears in the record we track as of October 28, 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 Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street) 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 Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street), and how big is it?

Crosland Southeast is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 123 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Accelerate, Matthews (East John Street)," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/crosland-southeast-matthews-project-accelerate-nc.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/crosland-southeast-matthews-project-accelerate-nc, retrieved October 29, 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.Matthews data center project withdrawn because of 'public distaste,' mayor says · Charlotte Observer (via Yahoo News) · retrieved August 16, 2026

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