Rural Hall Data Center (The Drox Group)
The Drox Group · Rural Hall, NC · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 8084 Glade Street
- Coordinates
- 36.267, -80.267
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Duke Energy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
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
- Proposed
Winston-Salem/Forsyth Planning Board recommended denial of the rezoning (7-2, June 11, 2026); final Forsyth County Commissioners vote expected around July 30, 2026.
Underlying source - Cancelled
Forsyth County Board of Commissioners denied rezoning case F-1669 (Project Iron Spur) 5-2 on July 30, 2026, ending the Drox Group's proposed Rural Hall hyperscale data center. The vote had earlier been listed as expected around July 30, 2026.
Underlying source
Source notes
Coordinates are approximate for Rural Hall, NC.
Campus plan included a dedicated Duke Energy substation plus rows of diesel backup generators.
Sources and provenance
- Planning board recommends denying rezoning for proposed Rural Hall data center · source retrieved 2026-07-09
- Project Iron Spur — Rezoning Case F-1669 · source retrieved 2026-09-10
- Drox: Greensboro Campus — facility record (8084 Glade St, Rural Hall; 'Project Iron Spur'; 129 acres; four buildings; dedicated Duke Energy substation) · source retrieved 2026-09-24
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim — 8084 Glade Street, Rural Hall, Forsyth County, NC 27045 · 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.