Data center fact sheet
South Carolina
As of . Latest dated change shown: Oct 6, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 4
- 1 proposed, 2 under construction, 1 cancelled
- Planned capacity
- 1 GW
- 1 project publishes a figure; 2 projects publish none; 1 cancelled or denied not counted
- Moratorium actions
- 4
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County | Proposed | 1 GW | Eagle Rock Partners |
| Project Liberty Marion, Marion County | Cancelled | none published | Stream Data Centers |
| QTS York County Data Center Campus Lake Wylie, York County | Under construction | none published | QTS Data Centers |
| Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County | Under construction | none published | Valara Holdings (NorthMark Strategies) |
Pauses and local rules
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Oct 6, 2026 Judge J. Derham Cole Jr. dismisses neighbors' challenge to the county's permitting of the project, finding no specific harm shown and no prior appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[5]
- Sep 14, 2026 County Council unanimously adopts Digital Infrastructure Overlay District, partially repealing the moratorium (Project Boulder)[6]
- Sep 2026 State grants permission to add more natural gas turbines (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[7]
- Aug 27, 2026 SC Public Service Commission rules the utility siting law does not apply to the facility (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[8]
- Jul 2026 County adopts six-month moratorium on data center development (Project Boulder)[6]
- Jul 2026 South Carolina Environmental Law Center sues Spartanburg County and Valara Holdings on behalf of nearby residents over the minor land development classification (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[9]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- South Carolina Public Radio, “Another SC county hits the brakes on data center development”, Sep 23, 2026. https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2026-09-23/another-sc-county-hits-the-brakes-on-data-center-development
- FOX Carolina, “Spartanburg County Council passes data center moratorium with several amendments”, Sep 21, 2026. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/09/22/spartanburg-county-council-passes-data-center-moratorium-with-several-amendments/
- FOX Carolina, “Anderson County council approves final reading of six-month data center moratorium”, Aug 20, 2026. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/08/20/anderson-county-council-approves-final-reading-six-month-data-center-moratorium/
- FOX Carolina, “Greenwood Co. Council approves final reading of one-year moratorium on data centers”, Jul 21, 2026. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/07/21/greenwood-co-council-approves-final-reading-one-year-moratorium-data-centers/
- WRDW, “Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging $2.8B data center in S.C.”, Oct 7, 2026. https://www.wrdw.com/2026/10/07/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-challenging-28b-valara-data-center-sc/
- Live 5 News (WCSC), “Colleton County approves controversial data center rules despite pushback”, Sep 14, 2026. https://www.live5news.com/2026/09/15/colleton-county-approves-controversial-data-center-rules-despite-pushback/
- FOX Carolina, “Spartanburg County leaders question pollution monitoring as Valara data center adds more turbines”, Sep 21, 2026. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/09/22/spartanburg-county-leaders-question-pollution-monitoring-valara-data-center-adds-more-turbines/
- SC Daily Gazette, “Spartanburg data center not subject to public power plant rules, SC regulators rule”, Aug 27, 2026. https://scdailygazette.com/2026/08/27/spartanburg-data-center-not-subject-to-public-power-plant-rules-sc-regulators-rule/
- FOX Carolina, “Lawsuit targets Spartanburg County data center project, demands public planning review”, Jul 7, 2026. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/07/08/lawsuit-targets-spartanburg-county-data-center-project-demands-public-planning-review/
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: South Carolina,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/south-carolina.