# Data Centers in Rockingham County, NC: Projects and Rules | FOUND

Announced data-center projects and local government actions on data centers in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Every row links to a public source.

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Last updated 2026.09.30

## Local government actions

We found no recorded moratorium or ordinance action on data centers in this county. A town inside the county can act separately, and an empty search is not a clearance.

## Announced projects

- WhiteFiber (Bit Digital), Madison, 2025-06, under construction: WhiteFiber bought the 96-acre former Unifi plant in Madison for an AI data center campus of up to 200 MW, with more than $1B planned and about 60 jobs; Nscale leased 40 MW. https://www.wfdd.org/2025-06-03/rockingham-county-set-to-welcome-a-1-billion-ai-data-center https://www.wfae.org/business/2025-06-04/1-billion-data-center-coming-to-rockingham-county https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nscale-agrees-865m-deal-for-40mw-of-space-at-whitefiber-data-center-in-north-carolina/

## How to read this

County and town are different governments. A county can have no pause while a town inside it has one, and the reverse. Before you rely on any row, confirm which government regulates the parcel, then read the ordinance in the linked source for its scope and end date.

### Does Rockingham County have a data center moratorium?

We found no recorded moratorium action on data centers in Rockingham County as of 2026.09.30. That is not a clearance, because a town inside the county can act separately.

### What data centers are planned in Rockingham County?

Announced projects on record in Rockingham County: WhiteFiber (Bit Digital), Madison (under construction). Each row on this page links to its public source.

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