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Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal

Kingsboro / Tarboro area, North Carolina, United StatesCancelled
Capacity
900 MW
Planned critical IT
Lead participant
Energy Storage Solutions LLC
Developer
Last updated
Aug 26, 2026
Most recent public record update

About Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal

Energy Storage Solutions withdrew its proposed Kingsboro AI data center campus in July 2026, and Edgecombe County returned the land-acquisition deposit.

Capacity

Planned critical IT
Operating capacity—An operating IT-capacity figure has not been publicly disclosed.
It Load300 MWProposal · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal
It Load900 MWActual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal

Development

3 phases · 2 milestones
Kingsboro land-acquisition proposalChanged Or Cancelled

No completed land acquisition; conflicting parcel descriptions stay unresolved.

Initial proposed configurationChanged Or Cancelled

Design claim only; no construction or achieved capacity.

Possible full campusChanged Or Cancelled

Secondary reported ceiling; not approved or built.

8 buildings

Dec 2, 2025
Kingsboro AI data center proposal enters public record
Completed
Jul 6, 2026
Energy Storage Solutions withdraws Kingsboro proposal
Completed

Infrastructure

Electric GridCancelled Or Not Proceeding

300 MW

Initial proposal design; basis not sufficiently disclosed to call it IT load.

Electric GridCancelled Or Not Proceeding

900 MW

Reported possible ceiling; no build or approval.

Project map

0 of 1 project point mapped
Infrastructure facts
2
Mapped records
1
Capacity figures
2

No map point available

Power & interconnection: 2

Facts & sources

Published claims and their source links.

7 facts
Current Status
Withdrawn and cancelled
Actual
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratoriumSound RiversDeveloper withdraws offer for data center land purchase
Developer
Energy Storage Solutions LLC
Actual
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratoriumSound RiversDeveloper withdraws offer for data center land purchase
Proposed Investment
$19,200,000,000
Actual
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
Phase Count
8 phases
Proposal
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
Initial Capacity
300 MW
Proposal
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
Possible Full Capacity
900 MW
Actual
Data Center DynamicsNorth Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
Land Title Transfer
Not completed
Actual
Sound RiversDeveloper withdraws offer for data center land purchase