Data Center Registry
Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus
Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina · All 2 Energy Storage Solutions sites
Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus is a permitted data center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County), operated by Energy Storage Solutions. The public record puts it at announced 2025, 900 MW planned, 155 acres, a reported $19.2 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Energy Storage Solutions
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC
- Coordinates
- 35.9410, -77.7340 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 900 MW planned
- Land
- 155 acres
- Investment
- $19.2 billion
- Announced
- 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
- Supported
- 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.
- 2026PermittedEdgecombe County amended its Unified Development Ordinance to allow data-center use at Kingsboro Business Park; groundbreaking slated for Q1 2026 once final permits secured. Source: Rocky Mount Telegram
- 2025ProposedEnergy Storage Solutions announced a ~$19.2B, 900 MW AI data-center campus at Kingsboro Business Park. Source: Data Center Knowledge
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 15, 2026. Edgecombe County commissioners unanimously approved a zoning-ordinance amendment enabling the Kingsboro project (Nov 2025) with no opposition documented at that hearing; a separate, smaller ESS project at another Tarboro site had been rejected by the town council earlier in 2025 amid resident opposition.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Edgecombe County commissioners unanimously approved a zoning-ordinance amendment enabling the Kingsboro project (Nov 2025) with no opposition documented at that hearing; a separate, smaller ESS project at another Tarboro site had been rejected by the town council earlier in 2025 amid resident opposition.
Power and water
Planned as a natural-gas-powered campus with an on-site natural gas generation facility and the ability to sell surplus power back to local utilities; roughly $176 million in regional energy infrastructure upgrades is estimated. Residents' opposition has centered on the on-site gas generation and diesel backup rather than grid supply.
Notes on the record
$19.2B, 900 MW AI data-center campus on ~155 acres in Kingsboro Business Park between Rocky Mount and Tarboro, Edgecombe County. County cleared the way in Nov 2025 by amending its development ordinance; buildout planned across ~24 phases over 3-5 years. Twin campus announced for Fayetteville.
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 utility serves 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.
- 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.
- Project Q, Quiet Data Centers Enfield (Halifax County) · Enfield · Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc.17 mi · Proposed · 88 MW · Mixed reception
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus in Rocky Mount?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 15, 2026. Edgecombe County commissioners unanimously approved a zoning-ordinance amendment enabling the Kingsboro project (Nov 2025) with no opposition documented at that hearing; a separate, smaller ESS project at another Tarboro site had been rejected by the town council earlier in 2025 amid resident opposition.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Kingsboro AI 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 Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Kingsboro AI 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 Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Energy Storage Solutions is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 900 MW. The site is recorded at 155 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus," updated August 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/energy-storage-solutions-kingsboro-edgecombe-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/energy-storage-solutions-kingsboro-edgecombe-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.County OKs amending ordinance to allow for a data center at Kingsboro Business Park (Rocky Mount Telegram) · Rocky Mount Telegram · retrieved July 16, 2026
- 2.Developer Forges Ahead With $38B in NC Data Centers (Data Center Knowledge) · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved July 16, 2026
- 3.Developer Forges Ahead With $38B in NC Data Center Builds · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved August 15, 2026
- 4.AI data center boom meets rural reality in Edgecombe County · North Carolina Health News · retrieved August 15, 2026
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