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Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road)

Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina · All 46 Flexential sites

ProposedOpposedRecord updated August 19, 2026

Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) is a proposed data center in Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County), operated by Flexential. The public record puts it at 55 MW planned, 95 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Flexential
Facility type
Data center
Location
Henderson Grove Church Road, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Coordinates
35.6288, -80.5054 (approximate)
Power capacity
55 MW planned
Land
95 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Duke Energy
Cooling
Closed loop
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
Opposed
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. August 11, 2026
    Proposed
    Salisbury Planning Board unanimously found the conditional district application consistent with the Forward 2040 Plan and recommended City Council approval of the 296,000+ sq ft facility across three parcels totaling 95+ acres. Source: Salisbury Post

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 90 residents attended an April 2026 town hall on the proposed Henderson Grove Church Road data center, submitting written concerns ranging from demanding the project be stopped to questions about power/water demand and emergency response; advocacy group Down Home North Carolina criticized the meeting format.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

More than 90 residents attended an April 2026 town hall on the proposed Henderson Grove Church Road data center, submitting written concerns ranging from demanding the project be stopped to questions about power/water demand and emergency response; advocacy group Down Home North Carolina criticized the meeting format. At an August 2026 Salisbury Planning Board courtesy hearing, resident Dina Parker spoke against the rezoning citing insufficient environmental-impact research and residential proximity; no residents are documented speaking in support (only the applicant's representative spoke favorably).

Source: Salisbury Post

Power and water

Estimated peak electricity usage of 55 MW, described as approved by Duke Energy.

Closed-loop cooling required under Salisbury's data center text amendment; water demand estimated at 1,000 gallons/day average and 1,250 gallons/day peak, for bathroom and cafeteria use only.

Notes on the record

Developed by Trammell Crow Company with Flexential named as the end user. Distinct from the three tracked Flexential NC sites (Charlotte North, Charlotte South, Raleigh).

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) data center in Salisbury?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 90 residents attended an April 2026 town hall on the proposed Henderson Grove Church Road data center, submitting written concerns ranging from demanding the project be stopped to questions about power/water demand and emergency response; advocacy group Down Home North Carolina criticized the meeting format.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) data center?

No lawsuit over Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) appears in the record we track as of August 19, 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 Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road), and how big is it?

Flexential is the operator on record. We hold 46 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 55 MW. The site is recorded at 95 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Flexential Salisbury (Henderson Grove Church Road)," updated August 19, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/flexential-salisbury-henderson-grove-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/flexential-salisbury-henderson-grove-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.Salisbury Planning recommends Henderson Grove Church data center approval · Salisbury Post · retrieved August 15, 2026
  2. 2.Salisbury presents proposed Henderson Grove Church Road data center to community members, faces concerns · Salisbury Post · retrieved August 19, 2026
  3. 3.Salisbury Planning recommends Henderson Grove Church data center approval · Salisbury Post · retrieved August 19, 2026

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