3+ week, 3+ day ago   (420+ words) Raleigh city leaders had a lot on their plate Tuesday. But one item not on the agenda is still drawing some opposition. Over the weekend, a developer pulled plans for a data center in southeast Raleigh. By the time the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (386+ words) A developer pulled its request for Raleigh's cooperation in building a 100,000-square-foot, $180-million data center near the southeast region of the city, according to officials. Charlotte-based developer Beacon Partners ended its attempt on Friday to have Raleigh City Council agree…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) WhiteFiber (NASDAQ: WYFI) agreed Monday to pay $60 million in cash for two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Subject to customary conditions, the acquisition should close during the fourth quarter. The planned NC-2 and NC-3 data-center campuses would provide…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (520+ words) The Raleigh City Council will decide Tuesday whether to annex a piece of land in Southeast Raleigh where developers plan to build a 100,000-square-foot data center. The property at 3101 Jones Sausage Road is about 14 acres and owned by “B3-SFRE JSR…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) North Carolina's demand for electricity is rising faster than many new power plants can be built. Duke Energy is increasingly relying on battery storage to help meet that growth, making facilities such as its Knightdale battery installation a larger part…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (347+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s top officials are challenging the state’s largest electric utility to legally cement its promise to protect everyday consumers from the soaring energy demands of tech data centers. “Duke just promised the federal government that it won’t shift…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (457+ words) Plans for a nearly $20B data center campus in North Carolina are on ice as local lawmakers consider a development moratorium. Energy Storage Solutions has withdrawn its offer to buy the 28 acres for the project inside a massive shovel-ready site identified…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (746+ words) Unlike other towns and cities in the Triangle, Raleigh hasn’t put any kind of moratorium on new data centers — yet. With current zoning regulations, it’s theoretically possible a developer could try to build a large data center inside the city…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (406+ words) North Carolina's fight over data centers is broadening into a wider debate over artificial intelligence, energy demand, and who should bear the cost. Gov. Josh Stein wants to wind down the state's generous data center incentives, contending that households should…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Your summer electric bill keeps climbing, and now researchers know one reason why. A new University of Cambridge study analyzing satellite data from 2004 to 2024 found that AI-focused data centers create significant heat islands, raising local land surface temperatures an average…...