Rutherford County, North Carolina
Rutherford County, North Carolina has 105 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 126.8 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 60 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 2.3% of North Carolina's data center MW.
Rutherford County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 6 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: 105 MW of data centers against 126.8 MW of plants, with 60 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
3 records, 105 MW
The data center pipeline
3 records list a year online or expected, from 2012 to 2017. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | 35 |
| 2013 | 1 | 30 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 40 |
Who is building in Rutherford
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | 3 | 105 |
Power generation in the county
13 plants operate inside Rutherford County, 126.8 MW. The queue adds 60 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Rutherford County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 10 | 122.2 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 60 |
| Hydro | Operating | 2 | 3.6 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 1 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 60 |
Rutherford County against its neighbors
None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Cleveland County has the most operating generation among them, 3 GW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford County this page | 3 | 60 | 0.83x | ||
| Cleveland County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Buncombe County | 0 | 57 | 0x | ||
| Burke County | 0 | 3 | 0x | ||
| Henderson 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.
5 counties shownEvery record in Rutherford County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 17 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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