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Data centers in South Carolina: projects, fights & moratoriums

Projects tracked7

Blocked or withdrawn3

Moratoriums / limits5

Upcoming hearings0

Projects

Pollard data center rezoning (~1,000 acres) (McCormick County): approved. Council approved rezoning 3-2 amid opposition and rejected a 9-month pause
Valara supercomputing center (former Kohler plant) (Spartanburg County): under construction. SC regulators ruled the self-generating center is not subject to public power plant rules; SELC had sought a construction halt
TigerDC Spartanburg proposal (Spartanburg County): withdrawn. Company withdrew property tax incentive application after resident pushback
Colleton ACE Basin data center (~850 acres) (Colleton County): withdrawn. Settlement created a Data Center Exclusion Area covering most of the ACE Basin incl. the site; developer moved to a northern-county site
Newberry County industrial park sale to data center developer (Newberry County): blocked. Council voted down sale of county industrial park land to a data center developer, then enacted a moratorium
Meta Aiken Data Center (Aiken County): under construction. Meta info sheet (accessed 2026-10-16): investment $0.8B+, jobs listed 'once completed'
Google Berkeley County campus (Berkeley County): operating. Operating campus