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Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal

PRJ-0584 · Site · Kingsboro / Tarboro area, North Carolina, United States

Record last updated Oct 28, 2026

Scope and capacity

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

Headline: 900 MW Planned critical IT

Numbers refer to their stated physical boundaries and are not added together. Source dates, claim dates and record updates have different meanings. Missing dates and locators are not inferred.

Current status · Withdrawn and cancelled

Actual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53259 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

  2. Developer withdraws offer for data center land purchase

    Sound Rivers · Document date: Jul 7, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2862 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://soundrivers.org/developer-withdraws-offer-for-data-center-land-purchase/

Developer · Energy Storage Solutions LLC

Actual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53260 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

  2. Developer withdraws offer for data center land purchase

    Sound Rivers · Document date: Jul 7, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2862 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://soundrivers.org/developer-withdraws-offer-for-data-center-land-purchase/

Proposed investment · $19,200,000,000

Actual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53261 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

Phase count · 8 phases

Proposal · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53262 · Recorded claim type: Proposal · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

Initial capacity · 300 MW

Proposal · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53263 · Recorded claim type: Proposal · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

Possible full capacity · 900 MW

Actual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53264 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Selected headline

  1. North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jul 15, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2863 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/north-carolina-ai-data-center-proposal-withdrawn-as-county-officials-mull-moratorium/

Land title transfer · Not completed

Actual · Edgecombe County AI Data Center Proposal (Project)

Claim 53269 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Developer withdraws offer for data center land purchase

    Sound Rivers · Document date: Jul 7, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2862 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://soundrivers.org/developer-withdraws-offer-for-data-center-land-purchase/

Counterparties and capital

Edgecombe County · Government authority · CMP-1356

Energy Storage Solutions LLC · Developer · CMP-1355

Investment commitment

$19,200,000,000 · Not stated

Proposed project cost reported before withdrawal; not financing, spend or committed capital.

Energy Storage Solutions LLC (Sponsor)

Sources (1)

Financing record 167; claim-specific source links appear in the exhibit sources where published.

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