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I-2(CD) to I-2(CD) SPA Rezoning for 3,000,000 SF Telecommunications and Data Storage Facilities

  • When: 2025/05/06
  • Address: Approximately 156.23 acres located south of I-85, east of Moores Chapel Road, and west of Sam Wilson Road, Charlotte, NC
  • City: Charlotte
  • State: NC
  • Category: Project Amendments
  • Subcategory: Development Plan Amendment
  • Asset Class: Commercial
  • Property Type: Data Centers
  • Size (SF): 3,000,000 SF
  • Size (AC): 156.23 AC
  • New Zoning: I-2(CD) SPA
  • New Zoning Description: General Industrial, Conditional, Site Plan Amendment for telecommunications and data storage facilities
  • Previous Zoning: I-2(CD)
  • Previous Zoning Description: General Industrial, Conditional
  • Planning Department: True

This petition proposes a site plan amendment to an existing I-2(CD) zoning for a 156.23-acre vacant site. The original rezoning petition (2020-049), approved on November 16, 2020, changed the zoning from R-3(Single Family) to I-2(CD) to permit up to 1,530,000 square feet of warehousing and industrial uses. This current amendment maintains the previously approved building footprint but significantly increases the maximum allowable square footage to 3,000,000 square feet, specifically for telecommunications and data storage facilities. The proposed changes also reduce the total building phases to two. The project commits to constructing all buildings to a LEED Silver minimum standard and implementing a closed-loop cooling system for data center uses to mitigate environmental impacts. Staff recommended approval, finding the petition consistent with the 2040 Policy Map's recommendation for Manufacturing & Logistics Place Type. The Zoning Committee voted 7-0 to recommend approval of this petition.

Source

Applicant - Digital Moores Chapel LLC


Collin Brown, Alexander Ricks

Ownership - Digital Moores Chapel LLC


City Representative - Stuart Valzonis