An hour and half east of Charlotte, construction crews are busy converting 250 acres of forest into one of the largest economic development projects in North Carolina history.
At the groundbreaking, Rick Watkins, the Richmond County Commission chair, called the future Amazon AI Innovation Hub “hope for the next generation.” By the time the project’s complete, the campus will include 22 buildings, a new fire station for the city of Hamlet and a new substation to help provide power to the on-site data centers which need reliable electricity 24/7.
Construction begins on $10B Amazon project in Richmond County…