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Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina · All 54 Digital Realty sites

PermittedContestedAI likelyRecord updated August 15, 2026

Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus is a permitted data center in Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced April 2025, 400 MW planned, 156 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
Digital Realty
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
12899 Moores Chapel Road, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Coordinates
35.2422, -80.9562
Power capacity
400 MW planned
Land
156 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
April 2025
Utility
Duke Energy Carolinas
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.

  1. May 2025
    Permitted
    Charlotte City Council approved rezoning 7-4; trees cleared but construction start not publicly confirmed Source: Data Center Dynamics
  2. April 2025
    Proposed
    Digital Moores Chapel LLC (Digital Realty subsidiary) filed rezoning request for 156 acres at 12899 Moores Chapel Road

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Charlotte City Council approved the rezoning 7 to 4 in May 2025 over environmental and neighborhood objections (an earlier rezoning of the same parcel drew a ~1,300-signature petition), and metro-wide data-center pushback is intensifying, a comparable Matthews project was withdrawn in Oct 2025 after opposition.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.

Charlotte City Council approved the rezoning 7 to 4 in May 2025 over environmental and neighborhood objections (an earlier rezoning of the same parcel drew a ~1,300-signature petition), and metro-wide data-center pushback is intensifying, a comparable Matthews project was withdrawn in Oct 2025 after opposition. The site would likely qualify for North Carolina's statewide data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (which requires $75M+ investment), but no Secretary of Commerce determination for it is in the public record.

Source: Government Technology

Power and water

Duke Energy Carolinas is the regional grid utility; the site sits near Duke's Sherwood H. Smith generation complex. No facility-specific interconnection filing was located.

No cooling type or water volume is disclosed. City Council members raised water-quality concerns at the May 2025 rezoning hearing given proximity to the Catawba River; Charlotte Water is the likely provider.

Notes on the record

12899 Moores Chapel Road, 12 miles west of downtown Charlotte. Two two-story buildings totaling 3 million sq ft across two phases. Site acquired November 2024 for $160 million. If built, would be largest data center in North Carolina. Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation to receive greenway on site. Coordinates are approximate Moores Chapel Road area.

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.

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 Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus in Charlotte?

Yes. Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Charlotte City Council approved the rezoning 7 to 4 in May 2025 over environmental and neighborhood objections (an earlier rezoning of the same parcel drew a ~1,300-signature petition), and metro-wide data-center pushback is intensifying, a comparable Matthews project was withdrawn in Oct 2025 after opposition.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 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 Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center 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 Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 400 MW. The site is recorded at 156 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus," updated August 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-charlotte-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/digital-realty-charlotte-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.Digital Realty files to develop 400MW data center campus in Charlotte, North Carolina · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Charlotte Considers Rezoning for Biggest Data Center in N.C., Government Technology · Government Technology · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Pushback Grows as Data Centers Proliferate in Charlotte Metro, Queen City Nerve · Queen City Nerve · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Data Centers Sales & Use Tax Exemptions, EDPNC · Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Charlotte Considers Rezoning for Biggest Data Center in N.C. · Government Technology · retrieved August 15, 2026

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