Developer submits new rezoning request for 1,800-acre Walnut Cove data center site

Developer submits new rezoning request for 1,800-acre Walnut Cove data center site

News ClipGreensboro News and Record·Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC·7/23/2026

A developer has submitted a new rezoning application for an 1,800-acre site in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, intended for a data center. A community meeting is scheduled at the Walnut Cove Public Library to discuss opposition to data centers in the area.

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A new rezoning application has been filed by a developer for an 1,800-acre site in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, to facilitate the construction of a data center. The article notes that Ginger Bumgarner, who covers climate change and environment for the Triad and Northwest North Carolina, reported on this development. Concurrently, a community meeting opposing data centers has been scheduled to take place at the Walnut Cove Public Library, indicating growing local concern regarding the proposed project.