Protect Kings Mountain from Data Center Deception with Land Use Disclosure Laws
The Issue
Three years ago, Roxanne and Tony Wright sold most of their family's land in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Their family had owned it for more than 40 years.
"I thought they were building houses," Roxanne said. "Never asked and they never told us."
The developer was Honey Badger Development, a company out of Reno, Nevada operating through a North Carolina LLC called HB2K with a Miami mailing address. The plan was never houses. Court documents filed by the developer describe the property as "fully entitled as an AI data center campus with approved zoning and 150MW-300MW power pathway."
The Wrights kept one piece of their land: a small family cemetery where Tony's father-in-law and two nephews are buried. He mows it every couple of weeks. "I regret selling every day," Roxanne said. "I do, every single day."
Kings Mountain passed a data center moratorium this year. Whether that moratorium applies to HB2K's already-approved project has not been clarified. The developer's website has been taken down. Company officials did not return press inquiries. The developer has sued the city over utilities.
The Wright family's story is not unique. Families across the country are selling land to developers who never disclose what they intend to build. By the time the truth comes out, the sale is done and the land is gone.
We are calling on the Kings Mountain City Council to clarify that the data center moratorium applies to the HB2K project and require a full community review before any construction begins. We are calling on the North Carolina Attorney General to investigate whether Honey Badger Development misled sellers and violated any real estate disclosure or consumer protection laws. And we are calling on the North Carolina Legislature to require developers to disclose intended land use at the time of purchase for any property intended for large-scale industrial or commercial development.
The Wright family cannot get their land back. The next family should not have to find out the hard way what was being built next door.
Sign to demand Kings Mountain apply its moratorium and North Carolina require honest disclosure in land sales.
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The Issue
Three years ago, Roxanne and Tony Wright sold most of their family's land in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Their family had owned it for more than 40 years.
"I thought they were building houses," Roxanne said. "Never asked and they never told us."
The developer was Honey Badger Development, a company out of Reno, Nevada operating through a North Carolina LLC called HB2K with a Miami mailing address. The plan was never houses. Court documents filed by the developer describe the property as "fully entitled as an AI data center campus with approved zoning and 150MW-300MW power pathway."
The Wrights kept one piece of their land: a small family cemetery where Tony's father-in-law and two nephews are buried. He mows it every couple of weeks. "I regret selling every day," Roxanne said. "I do, every single day."
Kings Mountain passed a data center moratorium this year. Whether that moratorium applies to HB2K's already-approved project has not been clarified. The developer's website has been taken down. Company officials did not return press inquiries. The developer has sued the city over utilities.
The Wright family's story is not unique. Families across the country are selling land to developers who never disclose what they intend to build. By the time the truth comes out, the sale is done and the land is gone.
We are calling on the Kings Mountain City Council to clarify that the data center moratorium applies to the HB2K project and require a full community review before any construction begins. We are calling on the North Carolina Attorney General to investigate whether Honey Badger Development misled sellers and violated any real estate disclosure or consumer protection laws. And we are calling on the North Carolina Legislature to require developers to disclose intended land use at the time of purchase for any property intended for large-scale industrial or commercial development.
The Wright family cannot get their land back. The next family should not have to find out the hard way what was being built next door.
Sign to demand Kings Mountain apply its moratorium and North Carolina require honest disclosure in land sales.
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Petition created on June 7, 2026