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Caldwell County, North Carolina

Caldwell County, North Carolina has 350 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 39.8 MW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 7.8% of North Carolina's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Duke Energy CarolinasRefreshed monthly
350MW
data centers, planned to operating
4
data center records, not cancelled
7.8%
of North Carolina's data center MW
39.8MW
operating generation, 6 projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Caldwell County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Alexander no data centers Caldwell 350 MW Wilkes Watauga Burke no data centers Avery Catawba 855 MW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
8.8times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Caldwell County's own plants cover 11.4% of the load on record, and nothing is in the queue.

Data centers, planned to operating350 MW
Operating generation39.8 MW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

4 records, 350 MW

Operating259 MW3 records, 74%
Under construction91 MW1 record, 26%
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The data center pipeline

4 records list a year online or expected, from 2008 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 91 MW listed for 2026.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
050100150 Snapshot year 2008 2010 72 2012 2014 148 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 91 2026
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YearRecordsMW
2008139
200900
201000
2011172
201200
201300
201400
20151148
201600
201700
201800
201900
202000
202100
202200
202300
202400
202500
2026191
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 4 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Caldwell

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Google 350 MW 4 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Google4350
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

6 plants operate inside Caldwell County, 39.8 MW. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Caldwell County

OperatingPlanned
HydroOperating 25.5 MW 3 projects
SolarOperating 12.1 MW 2 projects
OilOperating 2.2 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
HydroOperating325.5
SolarOperating212.1
OilOperating12.2
Operating: 39.8 MW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 39.8 MW against 350 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Caldwell County against its neighbors

Catawba County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 855 MW, more than Caldwell County. 3 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Catawba County 18
855
2,328
50 0.37x
Caldwell County this page 4
350
40
0 8.8x
Burke County 0
0
49
3 0x
Alexander County 0
0
11
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

4 counties shown

Every record in Caldwell County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 10 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Caldwell County, NCStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 10 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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