Data center fact sheet · county
Richmond County, North Carolina
As of . Latest dated change shown: Aug 28, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 under construction
- Planned capacity
- None published
- 0 projects publish a figure; 1 project publishes none
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet | Under construction | none published | Amazon Web Services |
Pauses and local rules
No moratorium action on record.
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Aug 28, 2026 NC DEQ announces final air quality permits for Amazon's 588 emergency engines and Duke Energy's 57 bridge power engines (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[1]
- Aug 2026 State regulators reviewing draft air permits for backup diesel generators after public hearings (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[2]
- Jul 30, 2026 NC DEQ holds joint public hearing on the Amazon and Duke Energy air quality permits in Rockingham (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[3]
- Oct 2025 Amazon breaks ground on the campus (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[4]
- Jun 4, 2025 Gov. Josh Stein announces the $10 billion Amazon investment (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[5]
- Jun 3, 2025 Richmond County commissioners approve property tax incentive grants (Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus)[5]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- NC Department of Environmental Quality, “NCDEQ's Division of Air Quality requires additional monitoring, testing in final air quality permits for Amazon data center and Duke Energy projects”, Aug 28, 2026. https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/08/28/ncdeqs-division-air-quality-requires-additional-monitoring-testing-final-air-quality-permits-amazon
- Inside Climate News, “Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina”, Aug 4, 2026. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082026/north-carolina-amazon-data-center-secret-deal/
- NC Department of Environmental Quality, “DEQ announces joint public hearing on Amazon data center and Duke Energy air quality permits in Richmond County”, Jun 26, 2026. https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/06/26/deq-announces-joint-public-hearing-amazon-data-center-and-duke-energy-air-quality-permits-richmond
- DatacenterDynamics, “Amazon breaks ground on $10bn data center complex in Richmond County, North Carolina”, Oct 31, 2025. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amazon-breaks-ground-on-10bn-data-center-complex-in-richmond-county-north-carolina/
- Axios Raleigh, “Amazon to invest $10 billion into AI data centers in North Carolina”, Jun 4, 2025. https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/06/04/amazon-ai-data-centers-in-north-carolina-richmond-county
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Richmond County, North Carolina,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/north-carolina/richmond-county.