Wake County, North Carolina
Wake County, North Carolina has 11 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 56 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 0.2% of North Carolina's data center MW.
Wake County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 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: 11 MW of data centers against 1.1 GW of plants, with 56 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
2 records, 11 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2025 to 2025. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot. 1 record list no year.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
Who is building in Wake
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Tierpoint | 1 | 10 |
| American Tower | 1 | 1 |
Power generation in the county
21 plants operate inside Wake County, 1.1 GW. The queue adds 56 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Wake County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 1 | 950.9 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 3 | 105.6 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 56 |
| Solar | Operating | 13 | 33.6 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 4 | 17.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 56 |
Wake County against its neighbors
Durham County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 5.4 MW, 49% of Wake County's. 6 of the 6 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County this page | 2 | 56 | 0.01x | ||
| Durham County | 1 | 0 | 0.29x | ||
| Franklin County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Johnston County | 0 | 73 | 0x | ||
| Harnett County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Granville County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Chatham 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.
7 counties shownEvery record in Wake County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 24 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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