Project Delta Data Center Site (Walnut Cove, Stokes County)

Project Delta — proposed data center campus (conditional rezoning R-A to M-2-CZ, about 1,848.74 acres)

Announced last observed as of 2026-08-20 · Project announcement

The Planning and Inspections "DATA CENTER" page, headed "Project Delta - Submission Date: 7/20/2026", lists the conditional rezoning application, zoning conditions, buffer zone exhibit, site plans, public information meeting report, tax-supervisor map, staff report, the Board of Commissioners public-hearing notice for 8 September 2026, the procedural safeguards and the Planning Board notices, and announces an overflow public-comment period for the "proposed Project Delta Data Center conditional-zoning application and zoning map amendment". It identifies the county's own document set for the application. evidence

Stokes County, North Carolina (Internet Archive copy) · publication date not stated

The county news post repeats the Board of Commissioners notice of public hearing for the Project Delta conditional rezoning (petitioner Engineered Land Solutions, LLC; owners DFC Stokes, LLC and DFC Stokes 2, LLC; R-A to M-2-CZ for a data center and associated accessory uses; +/- 1,848.74 acres; the same four PINs), and the Board's adopted procedural safeguards, under which deliberation and a vote occur at the next regularly scheduled meeting after the hearing. evidence

Stokes County, North Carolina (Internet Archive copy) · publication date not stated

The application cover sheet names property owners DFC Stokes, LLC and DFC Stokes 2, LLC (deed book/page 640/2484 and 804/1096), Parcel Identification Numbers 6973-76-7124, 6973-73-4188, 6964-91-8321 and 6973-49-0574 at 0 US Highway 311 & Tuttle Road, 0 Off US 311 Highway, 1290 Coon Joyce Road and 1203 Tuttle Road, Walnut Cove, NC 27052, +/- 1,848.741 acres, a public information meeting on 8 July 2026, and a request from R-A to M-2-CZ. Signatory names on the second page are not reproduced. evidence

Engineered Land Solutions, LLC (application filed with Stokes County Planning and Inspections) · published 2026-07-22

The proposed zoning conditions limit permitted uses to a "Data Center: A facility, campus of facilities, or array of interconnected facilities used for the primary purpose of storing, retrieving, managing, and/or processing digital data" and its accessory uses (including power generation, substations, natural gas, fibre, battery and generation equipment, fuel and water storage), and set noise limits (70 dB(A) next to non-residential districts; 60/50 dB(A) day/night next to residential districts, with C-weighted and tonal limits) and pre- and post-construction noise studies for each building phase. evidence

Engineered Land Solutions, LLC (application filed with Stokes County Planning and Inspections) · published 2026-07-22

The site plan exhibit lists PIN(S) 6964-91-8321, 6973-49-0574, 6973-76-7124 and 6973-73-4188, total acreage +/- 1,848.74, existing zoning R-A and proposed zoning M-2-CZ, and shows a northern tract and a southern tract on either side of US 311 Highway N, Tuttle Road and Oldtown Road, with development areas, floodplain areas, 100-foot and 250-foot vegetative buffers and Duke Energy transmission lines and easements. evidence

Engineered Land Solutions, LLC (application filed with Stokes County Planning and Inspections) · published 2026-07-22

The 50-page staff report states that Engineered Land Solutions, LLC, acting for owners DFC Stokes, LLC and DFC Stokes 2, LLC, has petitioned to rezone four contiguous and proximate parcels totalling about 1,848.74 acres (the four PINs) from R-A to M-2-CZ, and that the applicant proposes to develop the property for a data center campus and supporting infrastructure subject to conditions on uses, height, lighting, noise, setbacks and buffers, cooling technology and water use, floodplain protection and generator use; the property lies along US 311, Tuttle Road, Oldtown Road and Coon Joyce Road between the Town of Walnut Cove and the Dan River. It analyses plan consistency and impacts for the Planning Board and the Board of Commissioners. evidence

Stokes County Planning and Inspections Department, North Carolina · published 2026-08-04

Companies

• Owner: DFC Stokes, LLC (current) evidence
• Owner: DFC Stokes 2, LLC (current) evidence