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Data centers in Gaffney, South Carolina

Gaffney has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Gaffney yet. Cherokee County's own decisions are on the Cherokee County page.

How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.

The data center in Gaffney

Every Gaffney record 1 record · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column

Facility and countyStageOperatorPower (MW)Latest entry
Cherokee County Data Center Gaffney, Cherokee County Proposed Cherokee County signed a $2.1 billion data center development agreement with an unnamed developer. scdailygazette.com (opens in a new tab) query feed June 25, 2025

A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.

RecordPlaceStageOperatorMWBasisLocatedTierVerified
Cherokee County Data Center Gaffney, Cherokee Proposed site 1 2026-10-27

Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.

The county and nearby counties

The county Cherokee County: its decisions and every record in it.
23 miles away Spartanburg County: 3 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
25 miles away York County: 1 data center on the record.
45 miles away Greenville County: 2 data centers on the record.
69 miles away Anderson County: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every South Carolina county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 1 record

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedWithout a figureBasis
Power01
Water, stated per day01
Water, stated per year01
Permanent jobs01
Tax each year01

A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
No stated use1

A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Gaffney is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Gaffney is cooled.

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Census GEOID
4528060
Census geography
Incorporated place, Gaffney city
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Researcher view · Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina · 1 record, 0 rule rows · Census GEOID 4528060 · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 27, 2026

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