Data Center Registry

Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group)

Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina

CancelledContestedAI likelyRecord updated October 22, 2026

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: 8084 Glade Street, Rural Hall, Forsyth County, NC, 27045
Coordinates: 36.2670, -80.2670 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 129 acres
Investment: $3 billion
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: 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, 2026
Cancelled
Forsyth 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 vote had earlier been listed as expected around July 30, 2026. Source: Rural Hall Info
June 2026
Proposed
Winston-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.

Source: WFDD

Power and water

Campus plan included a dedicated Duke Energy substation plus rows of diesel backup generators.

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 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.

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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 · Permitted · 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
DC BLOX High Point Data Center · High Point · DC BLOX23 mi · Cancelled · 18 MW
WhiteFiber NC-2 / NC-3 Data Center Campuses (Yadkinville) · Yadkinville · WhiteFiber (Enovum Data Centers Corp.)24 mi · Proposed · 60 MW
Dynamic Quest Greensboro Data Center · Greensboro · Dynamic Quest26 mi · Operating
ImpactData Greensboro · Greensboro · ImpactData30 mi · Under construction · 20 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group) in Rural 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 October 22, 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 October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/drox-group-rural-hall-forsyth-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/drox-group-rural-hall-forsyth-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.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
3.Drox: Greensboro Campus, facility record (8084 Glade St, Rural Hall; 'Project Iron Spur'; 129 acres; four buildings; dedicated Duke Energy substation) · Baxtel · retrieved September 24, 2026
4.OpenStreetMap Nominatim, 8084 Glade Street, Rural Hall, Forsyth County, NC 27045 · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved September 24, 2026

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