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New Hill Digital Campus

southwest Wake County near Apex and New Hill, North Carolina, United StatesCancelled
Evidence
Planned / design
300 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Duke Energy · Western Wake Regional Water Reclamation Facility

Natelli Holdings proposed a four-building, approximately 190-acre campus near New Hill with a 300 MW design, but withdrew the annexation and rezoning applications in March 2026.

Capacity

Design power

Planned / design or future potential

300 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Annexation and rezoning filingChanged or cancelled

4 buildings

Four-building developer concept. No construction phase exists.

Milestones (2)
Developer files Apex land-use applications

Sep 2, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked
Annexation and rezoning requests withdrawn

Mar 5, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Cancelled

Source not linked

Participants

Natelli Holdings

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (3)
Duke Energy

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
Town of Apex

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Western Wake Regional Water Reclamation Facility

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
Utility provider (1)

Site & development

Site area

Reported rounded

190 acres

Source

Building count

Proposal

4 buildings

Source

Building area each

Proposal

200,000 square feet

Source

Site location

Actual

Between US-1 and Old US-1, west of Shearon Harris Road

Source

Technical specifications

Adjacent generation asset

Actual

Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant

Source

Peak reclaimed water demand

Reported rounded

1 million gallons per day

Source

Additional project facts

Proposal status

Actual

Withdrawn

Source

Tenant status

Actual

No customer selected

Source

Applications withdrawn date

Actual

2026-03-05

Source

Townwide moratorium

Actual

Year long data center moratorium

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (3)
Utility service

Cancelled or not proceeding

300 MW

Developer says it applied for 300 MW; no executed interconnection or service agreement verified.

Electric grid

Potential or planned

Developer-funded substation anticipated to connect to Duke transmission rather than Apex distribution.

Water supply

Planned or represented

1 million gallons per day

Developer says near-zero on cold days and up to 1 MGD on peak summer days, with about two-thirds returned; no current use.

Other · Withdrawn

New Hill annexation request

Town of Apex

Mar 5, 2026

Sources (2)
Other · Withdrawn

New Hill conditional rezoning request

Town of Apex

Mar 5, 2026

Sources (2)
Other · Under review

Apex data center moratorium

Town of Apex

Sources (1)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.