DigiPower X quietly expands Hildebran land holdings amid unanswered data center plans

An advanced data center company that once drew sharp public backlash in Hildebran has quietly purchased an additional 21 acres near a major Duke Energy substation, bringing its total footprint to 40.5 acres – And town and county leaders say they have heard nothing from the company about what comes next.

DigiPower X said last year its goal was to build a data center in Hildebran on a 19.5-acre tract of land the company purchased in 2022. Local officials at the time reported that DigiPower X was creating a cryptocurrency mining facility.

DigiPower X builds advanced data centers that power artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and other large-scale business technology needs.

The company designs energy-efficient, high-density facilities that meet Tier III reliability standards and are connected to strong power infrastructure. Its goal is to build data centers quickly, run them efficiently, and provide reliable, sustainable computing power.

AI data centersdo not create the loud acoustic environments frequently associated with crypto mining.

The 21-acre parcel, located at 0 U.S. 70 E., is west of the company’s first land purchase at 199 Cline Park Court. They two are separated by a field of solar panels and the Marves Industries textile manufacturing plant. Both are registered to Digihost International, Inc. of North Tonawanda, N.Y.

In March 2025, Digihost Technology Inc. changed its name to DigiPower X Inc. as part of a rebranding and strategic shift in focus. The company continues its business developing data centers and energy infrastructure, but now operates under the DigiPower X name and (in some markets) updated ticker symbols.

The U.S. 70 E. property has a total taxable value of $179,164, according to county documents. The Cline Park Court property’s total taxable value is $185,880.

When DigiPower X announced its intentions for the 19.5-acre parcel last year, the information came as a surprise to county officials, including retiring president and CEO of Burke Development, Inc. (BDI) Alan Wood.

On Wednesday afternoon, Wood said he still has not heard from DigiPower X. County Manager Brian Epley said he has not been involved.

Hildebran Mayor Wendell Hildebrand said the company has not reached out to the town “in any way,” even to request permits.

“I’m not sure what they’re up to,” Hildebrand said. “It’s odd.”

Last year, the company said it planned to build a crypto mining facility in Hildebran. That may no longer be the plan, but as of press time, DigiPower had not responded to The Paper.

Hildebrand said that last year, under the impression it would be a crypto mining facility, residents were adamantly opposed. The town put some measures in place to curb potential quality of life issues such as noise.

“Of course we can’t outlaw them, but we came up with some ordinances that would keep the noise down … (and) if too much power was being used, it would cut them (DigiPower) off rather than the neighbors,” Hildebrand said. “I mean, gosh, it sounds like it would be a lot of tax revenue, but I’m not for that if it’s going to impact the quality of life for people.”

In addition to Hildebran, DigiPower X is deploying a growing portfolio of AI-ready data centers in Alabama and New York.

These sites use the company’s ARMS 200 modular platform, which is designed to be deployed quickly and deliver reliable, power-efficient infrastructure for AI, cloud, and enterprise workloads. The network includes multiple active facilities with hundreds of megawatts of total capacity and industry-standard uptime and security features, according to company records.