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PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park)
Cumberland County, North Carolina · All 2 PRSM Group sites
PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) is a proposed data center in North Carolina (Cumberland County), operated by PRSM Group. The public record puts it at 225 MW planned, 50 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- PRSM Group
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Cumberland County, NC
- Coordinates
- 35.0462, -78.8394 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 225 MW planned
- Land
- 50 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 1,500 construction
- 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.
- May 18, 2026ProposedPRSM Group partner Eric Little told Cumberland County commissioners at a moratorium hearing that a client wants to build a 225 MW AI data center on 50 acres in an unnamed local industrial park, in two 1 million sq ft stages. Source: CityView (Fayetteville, NC)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) in Cumberland County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Cumberland County commissioners held a public hearing on a proposed data-center moratorium (2026-05-18) at which 21 speakers spoke in favor of a temporary ban, citing PFAS contamination from cooling systems, grid/water-infrastructure stress, farmland/ecosystem impact, rising residential electricity rates, and broken past job-creation promises.
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.
Cumberland County commissioners held a public hearing on a proposed data-center moratorium (2026-05-18) at which 21 speakers spoke in favor of a temporary ban, citing PFAS contamination from cooling systems, grid/water-infrastructure stress, farmland/ecosystem impact, rising residential electricity rates, and broken past job-creation promises. PRSM Group partner Eric Little presented this specific 225MW project at the same hearing and asked commissioners to 'reject a moratorium'; Fayetteville PWC's CEO also argued no moratorium was needed. Commissioners took no formal action that day. Classified 'opposed': organized, specific, well-attended opposition testimony exists in the same hearing where PRSM's own project was the proposal on the table, even though a county-wide moratorium (not this project by name) was the formal ask.
Power and water
Developer describes immersion cooling in a closed-loop system, with heat rejected through heat exchangers.
Notes on the record
The developer declined to disclose the site beyond 'an industrial park, not near residences', so coordinates are a Cumberland County-level approximation only. The end user is an unnamed PRSM client, not PRSM itself. Developer said he does not expect the project to advance before a moratorium is enacted.
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 utility serves it
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.
- 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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) in Cumberland County, North Carolina?
Yes. Organized local opposition to PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) in Cumberland County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Cumberland County commissioners held a public hearing on a proposed data-center moratorium (2026-05-18) at which 21 speakers spoke in favor of a temporary ban, citing PFAS contamination from cooling systems, grid/water-infrastructure stress, farmland/ecosystem impact, rising residential electricity rates, and broken past job-creation promises.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park)?
No lawsuit over PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) use?
No water withdrawal figure for PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park) 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 PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park), and how big is it?
PRSM Group is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 225 MW. The site is recorded at 50 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "PRSM Group Cumberland County AI Data Center (undisclosed industrial park)," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/prsm-group-cumberland-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/prsm-group-cumberland-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.New Data Center Emerges as Cumberland Considers Moratorium · CityView (Fayetteville, NC) · retrieved August 15, 2026
- 2.Data center proposal emerges as county holds hearing on moratorium · retrieved September 10, 2026
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