Energy Storage Solutions Tarboro Data Center

Facility record

Lifecycle

CancelledSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

35.8968, -77.5358

Serving utility, source-reported

Not established

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

100 MW

Source record updated

2026-10-15

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

1. 2026-07-14Cancelled

   ESS President Dan Shaffer said the company believes it has reached a settlement with the town of Tarboro and expects to withdraw its lawsuit, but 'ESS will not be building a data center there.'

   Underlying source

Source notes

This is the earlier Tarboro site, separate from ESS's later Kingsboro campus. Data Center Knowledge (Nov 2025) describes it as a 100 MW project voted down after community opposition, with the developer appealing (it attributes the vote to county commissioners, while the Rocky Mount Telegram reports that the Tarboro Town Council voted 6-1 in September 2025 to deny the permit); its '$6.4 million' cost figure is likely a typo and is omitted. In July 2026 the developer said it would not build in Tarboro. Coordinates are an approximate town-level placement.

Sources and provenance

• Company that eyed land for data center withdraws its offer · source retrieved 2026-10-15
• Developer Forges Ahead With $38B in NC Data Center Builds · source retrieved 2026-10-15

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