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

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

Canonical: https://lotsfound.com/research/north-carolina/rutherford-county/

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

- Meta (Facebook), Forest City, 2010-11, operating: Existing Meta (Facebook) data center campus near Forest City, first announced in 2010 at about $450M and operating with multiple buildings. https://www.commerce.nc.gov/node/2038 https://cleanview.co/data-centers/north-carolina/1051/forest-city-data-center

## 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 Rutherford County have a data center moratorium?

We found no recorded moratorium action on data centers in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County?

Announced projects on record in Rutherford County: Meta (Facebook), Forest City (operating). Each row on this page links to its public source.

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