Developer withdraws plans for data center in southeast Raleigh, mayor says

A plan for a data center located in southeast Raleigh is no longer in the works.

2026-08-15

According to Mayor Janet Cowell, Beacon Partners has withdrawn its proposal to build a data center on Jones Sausage Road. The 100,000-square-foot building was proposed to go on a more than 13-acre parcel of land that was already zoned for industrial mixed use.

The proposal was in the very early stages of the process; at this point, developers are just requesting the annexation of the land and getting approval for what it’ll be used for. More than 30 people had signed up to speak in opposition to the project.

Until Saturday, it was unclear who was requesting to build the data center. The parcel is located across the street from a neighborhood and just down the road from restaurants and gas stations.

Raleigh has not voted to place any moratorium on data center builds. A number of counties in our region have, including Wake, Orange and Chatham.