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Google Data Center

Caldwell County, NC

Source: OpenStreetMap

Google Data Center is a mapped data center in Caldwell County, NC, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

Reporting by · Updated Jun 16, 2026

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Real parent
Alphabet Inc.
Operator
Google LLC
Interconnection
~175 MW
Utility
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp
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

Google Data Center is a mapped data center in Caldwell County, North Carolina, run by Google LLC and owned through its ultimate parent, Alphabet Inc. The site draws power from Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation within the DUK balancing authority. Available records note it as a Google data center but do not disclose capacity or footprint figures.

Operator chain

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Total to this operator: $31.7M
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
    Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
    Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
31
O3
Good

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

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$44.2K
People of color
18%
Below poverty
8%
Tract population
3,802

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, West Lenoir Elementary in Lenoir, is 1.0 mi from this site.

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.