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Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County)

Cumnock, Lee County, North Carolina

ProposedNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 29, 2026

Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) is a proposed data center in Cumnock, North Carolina (Lee County), operated by Deep River Data. The public record puts it at announced September 2025.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Deep River Data
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Cumnock, Lee County, NC
Coordinates
35.5550, -79.2378 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
September 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Power source
On site gas
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. February 3, 2026
    Proposed
    Company's continued contact with the state geologist confirmed at the NC Oil & Gas Commission meeting; application still being prepared. Source: Clean Water for North Carolina

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 29, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) in Cumnock, Lee 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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Power and water

Company proposes to power the site with methane produced on-site from Butler Well No. 3, a 1998 vertical well drilled to 2,655 feet in the Triassic Basin; it would be the first commercial gas well in that basin if approved.

Notes on the record

Deep River Data is majority-managed by HM Tech, which runs an existing bitcoin mining and ASIC repair facility in Graham, NC. The company says the North Carolina site would serve AI workloads rather than crypto mining. As of the reporting cited, the project is pre-feasibility: nothing has been approved, permitted or built, and no capacity figure has been published. Site is south of U.S. 421 near the Lee-Chatham county line; coordinates are the Cumnock community, not a parcel.

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
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • 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.
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) in Cumnock?

Nothing on record as of August 29, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) in Cumnock, Lee 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 Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County)?

No lawsuit over Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) appears in the record we track as of August 29, 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 Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County) 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 Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County), and how big is it?

Deep River Data is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Deep River Data AI Data Center (Cumnock, Lee County)," updated August 29, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/deep-river-data-cumnock-lee-county-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/deep-river-data-cumnock-lee-county-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. 1.Natural Gas To Power AI May Be Coming To North Carolina · The Assembly · retrieved August 29, 2026
  2. 2.Lee County: No Fracking Data Center · Clean Water for North Carolina · retrieved August 29, 2026

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