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Rockingham County set to welcome a $1 billion AI data center

A new billion-dollar artificial intelligence center is headed to Rockingham County, bringing with it new jobs and investment.

WhiteFiber Inc. is the AI division of Bit Digital, a global Nasdaq computing infrastructure company. It has officially acquired a 96-acre industrial site in Madison, North Carolina, that was formerly a Unifi facility. The company intends to transform that location into an AI data center campus, which could eventually support up to 200 megawatts.

Company CEO Sam Tabar applauded the site’s power profile, size and Triad location as being rare assets. WhiteFiber’s planned investment of more than $1 billion is estimated to generate some 60 jobs with an average salary of $67,000.

Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition. As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.

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