Kingsboro AI Data Center Campus
Energy Storage Solutions · Rocky Mount, NC · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- PermittedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 35.941, -77.734
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 900 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-15
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
Energy Storage Solutions announced a ~$19.2B, 900 MW AI data-center campus at Kingsboro Business Park.
Underlying source - Permitted
Edgecombe County amended its Unified Development Ordinance to allow data-center use at Kingsboro Business Park; groundbreaking slated for Q1 2026 once final permits secured.
Underlying source
Source notes
$19.2B, 900 MW AI data-center campus on ~155 acres in Kingsboro Business Park between Rocky Mount and Tarboro, Edgecombe County. County cleared the way in Nov 2025 by amending its development ordinance; buildout planned across ~24 phases over 3-5 years. Twin campus announced for Fayetteville.
Planned as a natural-gas-powered campus with an on-site natural gas generation facility and the ability to sell surplus power back to local utilities; roughly $176 million in regional energy infrastructure upgrades is estimated. Residents' opposition has centered on the on-site gas generation and diesel backup rather than grid supply.
Sources and provenance
- County OKs amending ordinance to allow for a data center at Kingsboro Business Park (Rocky Mount Telegram) · source retrieved 2026-07-16
- Developer Forges Ahead With $38B in NC Data Centers (Data Center Knowledge) · source retrieved 2026-08-15
- AI data center boom meets rural reality in Edgecombe County · source retrieved 2026-08-15
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.