AI is eating North Carolina.
Big Tech is cutting secret deals for data centers across the state, and the Republican Senate candidate is invested in the companies behind them.
The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor.
Donald Trump, Truth Social, August 31, 2026
Tell that to the 47 or more North Carolina communities that already said no, and to the families paying for the power lines.
The biggest fights
Amazon's "Project Blue Marlin"
A $10 billion Amazon campus kept under a code name for about 18 months. Land was rezoned without telling the public it was a data center. It is permitted for 592 diesel generators in a community that already ranks last in the state for air and water quality.
$10 billion, 1,800 acres
Approved over residents' objections. Neighbors and environmental groups are suing.
Residents beat a $19.2 billion project
Voters ousted a four-term commissioner, and the developer left for "friendlier communities."
Moratorium wave
Charlotte, Durham, Chatham, Apex, Rowan and Gates County are among those hitting pause.
North Carolina by the numbers
Projected first-year revenue after Gov. Stein ended data centers' electricity tax break.
Source: Carolina Journal ↗What North Carolina's data center tax breaks cost you. The state does not report it.
Source: Stateline ↗Felony counts against a Knightdale teen accused of AI nudes of at least 10 girls.
Source: WRAL, July 2026 ↗Don't just scroll. Act.
Make Big Tech pay its own way: no more blank checks, no more cost-shifting onto our power bills, real protections for our water, jobs and kids.