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description: Is Charlotte a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict AVOID, score 30.2/100 (SERC), as of 2026-11-12. 16 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-07). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Charlotte data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Charlotte data center market

Power availability in Charlotte: DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 30.2 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 281 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Charlotte data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Charlotte market for a data center")`

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DCPI Score**30.2/100**

MW, all listings**16**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**AVOID**

## Charlotte at a glance

Charlotte has 16 MW operational among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Flexential (8 MW) and T5 (8 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Operational | 16 |
| Total listed | 16 |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in Charlotte

Broker lease rates (CBRE/JLL): available on paid plans. Asking base rent per kW of critical IT capacity. Electricity is normally billed separately (metered pass-through), plus cross-connects and one-time fees. Signed deals, term and size change the number. Source: CBRE North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (250+ kW): Charlotte-Raleigh (combined market) (figure on paid plans) [(link)](https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/north-america-data-center-trends-h1-2026)

No recent deal activity has been recorded in the market.

Together, these scores suggest that operators pursuing expansion or new builds will face elevated lead times and potentially higher costs to source and interconnect new power supply. The combination does not reflect demand weakness but rather a mismatch between available grid capacity and site-level appetite for additional megawatts.

Operator consolidation is concentrated among regional and national players. Flexential's nine-site footprint establishes it as the dominant operator by facility count, though the aggregate 16 MW base remains modest relative to major U.S. metros. In adjacent North Carolina markets, WhiteFiber announced acquisition of two development-stage sites in late 2025, indicating that greenfield and repositioning activity continues in the state, though not visibly in Charlotte's tracked set.

Power infrastructure development remains the limiting variable for growth. Any material acceleration in Charlotte capacity will likely depend on whether utility-scale power additions—whether through grid reinforcement, generation capacity, or distributed supply agreements—can narrow the gap between buildable MW and grid availability.

## Data centers in Charlotte

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Flexential Charlotte](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/flexential-flexential-charlotte-84bc1627) | Flexential | Operational | 8 |
| [T5@Charlotte](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/t5-t5charlotte-c8313c46) | T5 | Operational | 8 |
| [CENTRA CLT01 - Charlotte NC (701 E Trade)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/centra-digital-interconnect-centra-clt01-charlotte-nc-701-e-trade-1e534821) | CENTRA Digital Interconnect | Operational |  |
| [Carolina Internet / CaroNet](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/caronet-carolina-internet-caronet-9f5de405) | CaroNet | Operational |  |
| [Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/caronet-carolina-internet-caronet-xb-0dd04b0c) | CaroNet | Operational |  |
| [Cogent Charlotte](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cogent-communications-inc-cogent-charlotte-3b6ee44a) | Cogent Communications, Inc. | Operational |  |
| [Cogent Charlotte 2](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cogent-communications-inc-cogent-charlotte-2-09ff83cd) | Cogent Communications, Inc. | Operational |  |
| [Digital Realty CLT (113 N Myers St)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/digital-realty-digital-realty-clt-113-n-myers-st-d11cb991) | Digital Realty | Operational |  |
| [Digital Realty CLT (125 N Myers St)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/digital-realty-digital-realty-clt-125-n-myers-st-9fdbb741) | Digital Realty | Operational |  |
| [Flexential - Charlotte/North (CLT4/5)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/flexential-corp-flexential-charlottenorth-clt45-a8c0cfb1) | Flexential Corp. | Operational |  |
| [Flexential - Charlotte/South (CLT1/2/3)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/flexential-corp-flexential-charlottesouth-clt123-afaaef5d) | Flexential Corp. | Operational |  |
| [Flexential Charlotte - South](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/flexential-flexential-charlotte-south-e990b1ea) | Flexential | Operational |  |
| [Level(3) Charlotte](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lumen-technologies-level3-charlotte-17c516de) | Lumen Technologies | Operational |  |
| [Spectrum Charlotte National Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/spectrum-charlotte-national-data-center-00f9c9ee) |  | Operational |  |
| [TierPoint Charlotte - Center Park](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/tierpoint-llc-tierpoint-charlotte-center-park-e7018824) | TierPoint, LLC | Operational |  |
| [TierPoint Charlotte - North Myers](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/tierpoint-llc-tierpoint-charlotte-north-myers-2212598d) | TierPoint, LLC | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [North Carolina](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/north-carolina).

## More on Charlotte

- [Charlotte DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/charlotte)
- [Charlotte market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/charlotte/brief)
- [North Carolina data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/north-carolina/brief)
- [North Carolina data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/north-carolina/data-center-incentives)

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