Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus

Facility record

Lifecycle

Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Airport Road

Coordinates

34.9445, -79.775

Serving utility, source-reported

Duke Energy

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-28

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2025-06Proposed

   AWS announced $10 billion investment; largest single capital project in North Carolina history

2. 2025-10-31Under construction

   Official groundbreaking at Energy Way Industrial Park, Rockingham

   Underlying source

Source notes

Energy Way Industrial Park, Rockingham, NC. Up to 20 buildings each 200,000-225,000 sq ft at full build. Local county tax breaks apply, and Cardinal & Pine (reporting by Inside Climate News) says Amazon would also receive state sales tax exemptions on certain equipment, the value of which can legally be kept secret. MW capacity not publicly disclosed. Coordinates are Rockingham city centroid. Original secondary source (richmondnc.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=168) was no longer available as of July 2026 and was replaced with Business NC article. A previously recorded powering arrangement was removed: DCD reports the method of powering has not been publicly confirmed.

Sited adjacent to Duke Energy Sherwood H. Smith Jr. energy complex (2.24 GW natural gas capacity). Per Data Center Dynamics, how the data center will be powered has not been publicly revealed; Duke Energy is the regional utility but the facility's energy arrangement is unconfirmed.

Sources and provenance

• Amazon breaks ground on $10bn data center complex in Richmond County, North Carolina · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Amazon plots state record $10B data center project in Richmond County · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Inside the secretive deal for a $10 billion Amazon data center in rural NC · source retrieved 2026-08-15
• DEQ announces joint public hearing on Amazon data center and Duke Energy air quality permits in Richmond County · source retrieved 2026-09-24
• Amazon's Richmond County data center gets green light on air quality permits · source retrieved 2026-08-29
• Why one North Carolina county said yes to Amazon's $10 billion data center · source retrieved 2026-09-24

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.