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TierPoint - Charlotte Data Center

Mecklenburg County, NC

Source: OpenStreetMap

TierPoint - Charlotte Data Center is an operating data center in Mecklenburg County, NC, operated by TierPoint, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented a 61,578 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
TierPoint, LLC
Operator
TierPoint, LLC
Est. capacity
~10-25 MW
Footprint
61,578 sq ft
Utility
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Grid
DUK
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

The TierPoint Charlotte Data Center is an operating colocation facility in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, run by TierPoint, LLC. Its reported footprint is 61,578 square feet. The site draws power from Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, inside the DUK balancing authority.

Operator chain

Data-center discussions in Mecklenburg County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

Charlotte City Council
Aug 21, 2023 · 33 data-center mentions
Charlotte City Council
Sep 18, 2023 · 3 data-center mentions
Charlotte City Council
Oct 24, 2022 · 1 data-center mention

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

Modeled estimate~88.8K gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~45.6K gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~43.2K gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
59
PM2.5
Moderate
37
O3
Good
17
PM10
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Mecklenburg County), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$79K
People of color
74%
Below poverty
5%
Tract population
1,857

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Steele Creek Preparatory Academy in Charlotte, is 0.6 mi from this site (513 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.