Data center fact sheet · county
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
As of . Latest dated change shown: Oct 6, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 under construction
- Planned capacity
- None published
- 0 projects publish a figure; 1 project publishes none
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg | Under construction | none published | Valara Holdings (NorthMark Strategies) |
Pauses and local rules
| Jurisdiction | Action | When | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg County[1] | Adopted | Sep 2026 | one year |
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)[2]
- Sep 2026 State grants permission to add more natural gas turbines (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[3]
- Aug 27, 2026 SC Public Service Commission rules the utility siting law does not apply to the facility (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[4]
- 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)[5]
- Jun 25, 2026 Hundreds of residents attend SCDES public meeting on the permit request (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[6]
- Mar 2026 Valara asks SCDES to add natural gas combustion turbines to its air permit (Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center)[6]
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
- 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/
- 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/
- 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/
- SC Daily Gazette, “SC counties enacting data center moratoriums”, Jun 26, 2026. https://scdailygazette.com/2026/06/26/sc-counties-enacting-data-center-moratoriums/
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Spartanburg County, South Carolina,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/south-carolina/spartanburg-county.