North Carolina counties

Data centers in Wilson County, North Carolina

The public record for Wilson County: 0 local government actions on data centers, 0 announced projects, the county's zoning, its electric providers, and the offices that hold the land records.

Last updated 2026.09.30

Wilson County at a glance

County seat: Wilson
Population, 2024 estimate: 79,958
Land area, square miles: 367.6
Development tier, 2026: Tier 1
Last reappraisal: 2024
Next reappraisal: 2029
Regional council: Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments

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

We have no announced data-center project on record for this county.

Zoning and land-use rules in Wilson County

We could not confirm the extent of county zoning in Wilson County from the public record. The planning office can state it.

How the county ordinance treats a data center

We could not search the full county ordinance text for a data-center use. The planning office can state how the county classifies one.

A use that the ordinance does not name is classified by the planning staff, and the permit path follows from that decision. Special use permits, conditional zoning, and rezoning

Municipalities in Wilson County

9 incorporated municipalities lie wholly or partly in Wilson County. A municipality regulates land inside its limits, and some also regulate a band outside them. Who regulates a property in North Carolina

Black Creek
Elm City
Kenly
Lucama
Saratoga
Sharpsburg
Sims
Stantonsburg
Wilson

Electric providers in Wilson County

North Carolina assigns electric service by territory, so the provider for a parcel depends on where the parcel sits. These providers have territory or customers in Wilson County.

Provider	Type	Area	Source
Edgecombe-Martin County EMC	cooperative		[1]
Pitt & Greene EMC	cooperative		[1]
Tri-County EMC	cooperative		[1]
Duke Energy Progress	investor-owned		[1]
Lucama	municipal		[1]
Sharpsburg	municipal		[1]
Stantonsburg	municipal		[1]
Wilson	municipal		[1]

A provider's presence does not show that it can serve a large load at a given point. Only the utility can state that.

Where the land records are in Wilson County

County offices hold the records that show who owns a parcel, what is recorded against it, and how it is taxed.

Wilson County parcel viewerParcel boundaries, parcel numbers, the owner of record, and mapped acreage.
Wilson County online land records searchRecorded documents, searched by name or by book and page.

Reappraisal and development tier

Wilson County last reappraised real property effective 2024. The next reappraisal is scheduled for 2029.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce ranks Wilson County as Tier 1 for 2026. Tier 1 marks the most economically distressed counties and Tier 3 the least. The tier sets eligibility for several state incentive programs.

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.

Questions

Does Wilson County have a data center moratorium?

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

We have no announced data-center project on record for Wilson County as of 2026.09.30.

Does Wilson County have zoning?

We could not confirm the extent of county zoning in Wilson County from the public record. The planning office can state it.

Who provides electricity in Wilson County?

Providers with territory or customers in Wilson County: Edgecombe-Martin County EMC; Pitt & Greene EMC; Tri-County EMC; Duke Energy Progress; Lucama; Sharpsburg; Stantonsburg; Wilson. The provider for a parcel depends on where the parcel sits.

Neighboring counties

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Looking at land in Wilson County?

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