Wake County, North Carolina
DataCentersExposed tracks 5 AI data centers in Wake County, North Carolina — 1 operating and 0 in the pipeline, drawing 4.5 GW of reported power demand, led by Prime Data Centers. Its transparent data-center risk score is 1/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Wake County, North Carolina has 5 tracked data centers, 1 of them operating. Its composite data-center risk score is 52 out of 100 — see the breakdown above for which factors drive it.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 16
- Power demand · 100
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Wake County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 4.5 GW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Prime Data Centers has the largest presence in Wake County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tract Apex Campus (withdrawn) Apex | Tract | Blocked | 4,500 |
| BB&T Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Flexential Raleigh Morrisville | Flexential Corp. | — | |
| Segra Data Center Raleigh | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| iGLASS Networks Cary | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the Wake County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.