Data Center Registry
Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group)
Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) is a cancelled data center in Rural Hall, North Carolina (Forsyth County), operated by The Drox Group. The public record puts it at 129 acres, a reported $3 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- The Drox Group
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Rural Hall, Forsyth County, NC
- Coordinates
- 36.2670, -80.2670
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 129 acres
- Investment
- $3 billion
- 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
- Contested
- 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.
- July 30, 2026CancelledForsyth County Board of Commissioners denied rezoning case F-1669 (Project Iron Spur) 5-2 on July 30, 2026, ending the Drox Group's proposed Rural Hall hyperscale data center. The existing record's statusHistory had this vote as 'expected around July 30, 2026', it has now happened and gone against the project. Source: Rural Hall Info
- June 2026ProposedWinston-Salem/Forsyth Planning Board recommended denial of the rezoning (7-2, June 11, 2026); final Forsyth County Commissioners vote expected around July 30, 2026. Source: WFDD
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) in Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Rezoning case F-1669, 129 acres across from Rural Hall Town Hall.
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.
Rezoning case F-1669, 129 acres across from Rural Hall Town Hall. Developer separately cited ~$80M in projected county tax revenue over 10 years.
Notes on the record
Coordinates are approximate for Rural Hall, NC.
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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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.
- Project Delta Data Center, Stokes County · Walnut Cove · Undisclosed (rezoning applicant: Engineered Land Solutions)7 mi · Proposed · In litigation
- Segra Winston-Salem Data Center · Winston-Salem · Segra11 mi · Operating
- WhiteFiber NC-1 AI Data Center Campus · Madison · WhiteFiber (Bit Digital)18 mi · Operating · 200 MW · Supported
- ImpactData Greensboro · Greensboro · ImpactData30 mi · Under construction · 20 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) in Rural Hall?
Yes. Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) in Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Rezoning case F-1669, 129 acres across from Rural Hall Town Hall.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group)?
No lawsuit over Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) appears in the record we track as of July 30, 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 Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) 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 Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group), and how big is it?
The Drox Group is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 129 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group)," updated July 30, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/drox-group-rural-hall-forsyth-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/drox-group-rural-hall-forsyth-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.Planning board recommends denying rezoning for proposed Rural Hall data center · WFDD · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 2.Project Iron Spur, Rezoning Case F-1669 · Rural Hall Info · retrieved September 10, 2026
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