Data Center Registry

HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain)

Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) is a proposed data center in Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Cleveland County), operated by HB2K LLC (Honey Badger Development).

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: HB2K LLC (Honey Badger Development)
Facility type: Data center
Location: Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, NC
Coordinates: 35.2451, -81.3412 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
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: No reception on record
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.

2026
Proposed
HB2K's 2026 lawsuit against the city of Kings Mountain over utilities describes the property as 'fully entitled as an AI data center campus with approved zoning and 150MW-300MW power pathway.' Source: CBS17 (WJZY/Queen City News)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Both sources carry the same WJZY report, so this is single-source. The '150MW-300MW power pathway' is the developer's litigation claim, not a sourced capacity, so capacity is omitted. The land was bought from the Wright family around 2023. No visible development has been reported, and company officials did not respond. Kings Mountain has a data center moratorium; whether it applies to this project has not been clarified. Coordinates are an approximate town-level placement.

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
Land area
How the community has received it
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.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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.

T5@Charlotte · Kings Mountain · T5 Data Centers3 mi · Operating
Cielo Digital Infrastructure Gaffney Campus · Gaffney · Cielo Digital Infrastructure, LLC17 mi · Proposed · 300 MW
QTS York County Data Center Campus · QTS Data Centers21 mi · Under construction
Digital Realty Moores Chapel Data Center Campus · Charlotte · Digital Realty22 mi · Permitted · 400 MW · Contested
TierPoint Charlotte - Center Park · Charlotte · TierPoint24 mi · Operating
Flexential Charlotte - South (CLT01/02/03) · Charlotte · Flexential24 mi · Operating · 2.36 MW
Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud) · Maiden · Apple24 mi · Operating
Microsoft Maiden Data Center · Maiden · Microsoft24 mi · Under construction

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) in Kings Mountain?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain)?

No lawsuit over HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) appears in the record we track as of October 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 HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) use?

No water withdrawal figure for HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain) 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 HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain), and how big is it?

HB2K LLC (Honey Badger Development) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "HB2K AI Data Center Campus (Kings Mountain)," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hb2k-kings-mountain-cleveland-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/hb2k-kings-mountain-cleveland-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.'I regret selling every day': NC couple regrets selling family land for data center project · CBS17 (WJZY/Queen City News) · retrieved October 15, 2026
2.NC couple regrets selling land for data center project · NewsNation (WJZY) · retrieved October 15, 2026

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