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Recent North Carolina data center news

• Aug 4, 2026

  Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots

  Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, has posted a roundup of current data center job opportunities on the Data Center Frontier jobs board.

  • The article highlights multiple roles including CFD Engineer, Electrical Commissioning Agent, Critical Power Sales Associate, Architect, Electrical Project Manager, Commissioning Project Manager, Owner’s Rep - Construction Cost Controls Director, Project Executive, Data Center Construction Project Manager, Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Mechanical Controls Engineer, Critical Facilities Systems Manager, Principal Electrical Engineer, and Director of Project Deliverables.
  • Listings span remote and on-site roles across the United States, with repeated references to enterprise, colocation, hyperscale, and mission-critical data center facilities; no compensation or investment figures are provided.
• Jul 29, 2026

  Brookfield, NextEra to Develop $100B Data Center Campus at DOE’s Paducah Site, Paired With 4.6 GW of Dedicated Generation

  Brookfield and NextEra Energy have announced a $100 billion plan to develop a privately funded AI data center campus at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky, paired with up to 4.6 GW of dedicated generation.

  • The campus is expected to be fully built out in 2032 and support up to 1.8 GW of utility capacity and more than 1.2 GW of compute load; Brookfield will lease land from DOE and develop and operate the campus.
  • NextEra Energy will own and operate up to 2 GW of natural gas generation and up to 2.6 GW of BESS added in stages; the project also involves Big Rivers Electric, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, and Paducah Power System, with KPSC approval still required for the power service agreement.
• Jul 28, 2026

  Climate Change Solutions - July 28, 2026

  Environmental and Energy Study Institute has published a Climate Change Solutions newsletter highlighting climate data access, data center health impacts, nuclear energy, and several congressional bills.

  • The newsletter spotlights a new online platform, Climate.us, and an interview with Rebecca Lindsey, who discusses filling the gap left by the now-defunct Climate.gov.
  • It also summarizes recent legislative activity, including the House passage of the Next-Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act (H.R. 8790) and Senate movement on the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (S.4949) and the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026 (S.5045).
  • A separate article in the newsletter discusses data center health impacts, noting emissions from on-site diesel generators and from natural gas and coal power plants used to power data centers.
• Jul 22, 2026

  Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas

  Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.

  • 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
  • The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
  • No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
  • The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.
• Jul 15, 2026

  A Year Later, Trumps OBB Act Caused 468,000 Mostly Green Job Losses, Claims E2 BW Research

  E2 and BW Research have released an analysis claiming that Trump-era clean energy policy reversals and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act caused major project cancellations and job losses in the United States.

  • The report says 216 abandoned projects led to $68.2 billion in foregone capital investment, $48.4 billion in annual operational spending, and 468,000 lost jobs across construction, manufacturing, supply chain, and induced effects.
  • It attributes the fallout to the January 20, 2025 executive order freezing IRA and IIJA disbursements and the OBBA signed on July 4, 2025, and says the lost energy buildout includes about 10 GW solar, 3.75 GW wind, and 9.08 GW battery storage.
  • The article is a commentary-style report summary based on E2/BW Research modeling using IMPLAN and NREL JEDI frameworks, and it references project cancellations involving companies such as GM, Ford-CATL, Toyota, VinFast, Honda, Freyr, Kore Power, Natron, Li-Cycle, NorSun, and Ebon Solar.
• Jul 14, 2026

  The New Large-Load Compact

  The article argues that AI data centers should be treated as active participants in grid planning rather than passive customers.

  • It says FERC’s June 2026 large-load tariff actions directed the six jurisdictional regional grid operators to justify or reform rules for data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities.
  • It also cites Berkeley Lab, ESIG, NERC, and ERCOT as examples and frameworks for reforming interconnection, cost responsibility, flexibility, and resource adequacy; this is commentary and analysis, not a new standalone company announcement.
• Jul 14, 2026

  DELTa Turns 1 — 100+ Tariffs Tracked and Counting!

  The NC Clean Energy Technology Center and the Smart Electric Power Alliance have announced a quarterly update and one-year anniversary milestone for the Database of Emerging Large Load Tariffs (DELTa).

  • DELTa added 21 new proposals and recorded 15 approved tariffs/rules in the Q2 2026 update, bringing the database to 104 total approved and proposed large-load tariffs and service rules.
  • The database now covers 37 states and over 70 electric utilities; it tracks tariffs and service rules affecting data centers, manufacturing, and other energy-intensive facilities across the U.S., and has exceeded 1,400 downloads.
  • The article also says DELTa won a Reuters Events: Energy Industry Awards 2026 R&D Achievement award and is used in regulatory filings, industry analyses, white papers, and large-load media coverage.
• Jul 13, 2026

  White House plans new pledge to shield ratepayers from data center related bill hikes - report

  The US government is expected to bring together data center firms and utility companies to announce a voluntary pledge aimed at preventing data center power demand from raising electricity costs for regular ratepayers.

  • The pledge is expected to be announced at an event in the coming weeks; no company names were disclosed for the new pledge, though several major firms are expected to join.
  • The story references earlier Ratepayer Protection Pledge signatories — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI — and notes that states including Oregon, Oklahoma, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia have adopted or proposed rules making large-load data centers pay for new infrastructure costs.
• Jul 13, 2026

  Tract looks to develop 900MW data center park outside Richmond, Virginia

  Tract has announced a pre-application filing to develop the Tuckahoe Technology Park, an 872-acre master-planned data center campus in Goochland County, Virginia.

  • Filed a pre-application for a conditional use permit (CUP) through VALCO Goochland, LLC for land in the county’s technology overlay district (TOD West).
  • The proposed campus would include 12 buildings, reach 900MW at full build-out, and require more than $3 billion in investment; a community meeting is scheduled for July 23.
  • Tract says it aims to make sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other developers, and county officials said negotiations have been ongoing since late 2023.
• Jul 10, 2026

  NC Ends Data Center Power Tax Break, Keeps Capital Incentives

  North Carolina has announced a budget change narrowing its data center tax incentives by repealing the electricity sales and use tax exemption while preserving exemptions for qualifying equipment and other capital investments.

  • The change was enacted when Gov. Josh Stein signed the state’s 2026 budget; Stein said it “eliminates tax exemptions for data centers’ electricity use.”
  • The North Carolina General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division said the repeal will raise $21.4 million in General Fund revenue in fiscal year 2026-27, increasing to $28.6 million annually by fiscal year 2030-31.
  • The article quotes Neil Osnato of Persistence Analytics Group on the economics of AI campuses and Dan Diorio of the Data Center Coalition on preserving certainty for future investment.
  • It also notes pending legislation, Senate Bill 730 (Ratepayer Protection Act), which would require special utility service agreements for qualifying large-load customers and add requirements for future data center development.