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Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond)

Claremont, Catawba County, North Carolina

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) is an operating data center in Claremont, North Carolina (Catawba County), operated by Data Journey. The public record puts it at 1 MW operating.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Data Journey
Facility type
Data center
Location
2436 Penny Rd, Claremont, Catawba County, NC
Coordinates
35.7146, -81.1462 (approximate)
Power capacity
1 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
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
No reception on record
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.

  1. July 29, 2024
    Operating
    Catawba County EDC reports Data Journey bought the former Bed Bath & Beyond enterprise data center and converted it into a colocation facility. Source: Catawba County Economic Development Corporation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) in Claremont, Catawba County, North Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

The purchase price was $4M; the company puts its total outlay at nearly $7M including bankruptcy-related costs. That is an acquisition cost, not a build investment, so no investment figure is recorded. Baxtel lists 47,500 sq ft total, about 9,515 sq ft of raised floor, a 1.0 MW build-out expandable to about 3.5 MW, and a 2013 build year. Baxtel notes that a JLL sell sheet gives 3436 Penny Road instead of 2436. Coordinates are an approximate town-level placement.

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
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) in Claremont?

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) in Claremont, Catawba County, North Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond)?

No lawsuit over Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) appears in the record we track as of October 15, 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 Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond) 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 Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond), and how big is it?

Data Journey is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Data Journey Claremont Data Center (former Bed Bath & Beyond)," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/data-journey-claremont-catawba-county-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/data-journey-claremont-catawba-county-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. 1.New life for Bed Bath & Beyond data center in Catawba County · Catawba County Economic Development Corporation · retrieved October 15, 2026
  2. 2.Data Journey: Claremont, NC · Baxtel · retrieved October 15, 2026

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