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Google Lenoir Data Center

Google · Lenoir, NC · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
Not published
Coordinates
35.900163, -81.546892
Serving utility, source-reported
Duke Energy Carolinas
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
Not published
Source record updated
2026-07-25

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. Operational

    Operational since 2008 (announced 2007); ~$1.2B initial investment per Google's own location page.

    Underlying source

Source notes

Google's flagship North Carolina data center in Lenoir, Caldwell County — announced 2007, operational since 2008, one of Google's earliest U.S. sites, expanded since. Per Google's own location page, the initial investment was ~$1.2B, with $4B+ invested in the region and state since. No site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the disclosed Lynhaven Dr address; a county-parcel pass could upgrade precision to exact.

Google was the first customer of Duke Energy's Green Source Rider program (which Google helped push Duke to create), signing a PPA for a dedicated 61 MW solar farm in Rutherford County, NC built by Rutherford Farms LLC explicitly to meet new energy demand from Google's expanded Lenoir data center.

Sources and provenance

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

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