Cherokee County, North Carolina
Cherokee County, North Carolina has 117 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 168.3 MW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 2.6% of North Carolina's data center MW.
Cherokee County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 117 MW of data centers against 168.3 MW of plants.
Data centers by status
1 record, 117 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 117 MW listed for 2026.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 117 |
Who is building in Cherokee
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Core Scientific | 1 | 117 |
Power generation in the county
5 plants operate inside Cherokee County, 168.3 MW of hydro and solar. Nothing is in the queue for the county.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Cherokee County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro | Operating | 2 | 165.6 |
| Solar | Operating | 3 | 2.7 |
Cherokee County against its neighbors
None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Graham County has the most operating generation among them, 185 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County this page | 1 | 0 | 0.7x | ||
| Graham County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Macon County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Clay County | 0 | 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 shownEvery record in Cherokee County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 6 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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